What was the significance of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring?
A) It led to the redevelopment of existing urban neighborhoods.
B) It described in graphic detail what pesticides were doing to birds and animals.
C) It launched the Kennedy-Johnson era War on Poverty.
D) It played a central role in the development of the new women's movement.
Answer: B
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A) Renaissance B) Pantheism C) Crusades D) mercantilism E) feudal revolution
In the Civil War, at lower levels of military command,
A. professional officers on both sides were mostly Ivy League graduates. B. Northern and Southern commanders had markedly different backgrounds. C. amateur officers played important roles in both the Union and Confederate armies. D. amateur officers played important roles in both the Union and Confederate armies; and the professional officers on both sides were mostly Ivy League graduates. E. None of these answers is correct.
The view of God as an engineer is associated with __________
A) atheism B) deism C) skepticism D) humanism