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US Environmental Policy

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    Book published in 1962 by Rachel Carson that awakened the public to the negative effects of industrial chemicals such as DDT.

    Clean Water Act

    Silent Spring

    National Park Service

    Homestead Act

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    Law published in 1872 allowing US citizens to own 160 acres of public land after living and working on the land for five years.

    Clean Water Act

    Silent Spring

    National Park Service

    Homestead Act

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    1 pt

    This Act, published in 1969, declared the federal (along with state and local) governments would act to maintain conditions where man and nature could exist in productive harmony

    National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

    General Mining Law

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