Which of the following was instrumental in bringing awareness to the dangers of pesticides, and resulted in the creation of a presidential panel to investigate them?
A. the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
B. Earth Day festivities in 1970
C. the fire on Cuyahoga River in northeast Ohio
D. the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
E. the passage of the Clean Air Act
Answer: D
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a. strong party organizations and interest groups. b. weak party organizations and interest groups. c. strong party organizations and weak interest groups. d. weak party organizations and strong interest groups.
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A. establishes only a collective right of the states to have militias B. does not apply to the states C. establishes an individual right to bear arms D. applies to the states
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