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Flashcards by Aynsley Mc Collum Capehart, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aynsley Mc Collum Capehart
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What did the buffalo do | They served as the food in the early 1500s and in the 1800s |
| What did Native American tribes do | They depended heavily on bison and used the feces for fuel |
| What was the agricultural revolution | Began in several regions of the world. Hunting and nomadic groups settled to domesticate animals and cultivate plants |
| When did the industrial revolution start | It began in England in the mid 1700s and spread to the US in the 1800s |
| During the industrial revolution, what fuels were depended on | On nonrenewable fuels like coal, oil and natural gas |
| What did George Perkins (an early conservationist) publish in 1869 | He published the "Man and Nature which influenced legislation on resource conservation |
| What happened between 1870 and 1930 | A number of actions happened to increase the role of the federal government in resource conservation |
| What was the Forest Reserve Act | It established the gov's responsibility in protecting public lands from resource exploitation |
| Who founded the Sierra club in 1892 | John Muir did (protecting large areas of wilderness) |
| What did congress do in 1905 | They created the U.S forest service to manage and protect the forest reserves |
| What did congress do in 1916 | They passed the National Park Service act which would protect parks from being damaged by generations/future generations |
| What happened in between 1930-1960 | Massive federal governments programs tried to provide jobs and restore the environment |
| What book was published in 1962 and by who | Rachel Carson published Silent Spring: it documented the pollution of air, water and wildlife |
| What did congress do in 1964 | They passed the Wilderness Act which protects undeveloped tracts of public land |
| What happened on April 20, 1970 | The first annual earth day was held |
| What did Richard Nixon do | He established the Environmental Protection Agency which strengthened the role of the gov in protecting endangered species |
| What did Jimmy Carter do between 1977 and 1981 | He persuaded to create the Department of Energy |
| What was the Department of Energy | It was a strategy to reduce the country's heavy dependence on imported oil |
| What happened during the 1908s | Farmers, leaders of the oil and people such as the timber industries opposed many of the environmental laws |
| What did the people who opposed the environmental laws do | They funded a strong anti-environmental movement |
| What law was passed in 1980 to clean up abandoned toxic waste dumps | The Superfund Law |
| What did scientists discover in 1985 | They discovered annual thinning of the ozone layer above Antartica |
| What did George Bush promise upon his election | He promised to be "the environmental president" |
| What happened in 1993 | Bill Clinton became president and promised to provide national and global environmental leadership |
| What are some major components of the Environmental Agenda for the 21st century | They worry about the threat of climate change, population growth, biodiversity loss, poverty and growing water shortages |
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