SAGE News Clips: Dakota Access Pipeline ProtestDescription: Senator Bernie Sanders and Native activist Tara Houska make a plea to President Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Sanders quotes research from Oil Change International that states that the pipeline would have the same effect as adding 21 million more cars and 30 million new coal plants if built.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 39 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Bernie Sanders critiques the Dakota Pipeline for adding 21 million more cars and 30 new coal plants because it will damage the environment. He draws attention to a clash of
interests that is the focus of ______.
A. structural functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. feminist theory
D. symbolic interactionist theory
Answer: B
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