AP U.S. History / Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

8.13 The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

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Notes

Growing environmental awareness (Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962) led to Earth Day (1970), the EPA (1970), the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. The 1970s energy crisis raised concern about oil.

Practice

Silent Spring warned about:

The EPA was created under:

The 1973 oil crisis was caused by:

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