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11.85 Environmental Movement and Consumer Protection Worksheet

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Environmental Movement and Consumer Protection: Select the source, law, crisis, or data trend that best explains environmentalism, Earth Day, the EPA, clean air and water laws, consumer advocacy, and regulatory politics. Aligned to Broad national and selected state U.S. History alignment: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected CA, NY, MA, FL, and TX frameworks where applicable. 11.85 - Environmental Movement and Consumer Protection: Select the source, law, crisis, or data trend that best explains environmentalism, Earth Day, the EPA, clean air and water laws, consumer advocacy, and regulatory politics. (C3 D2.Geo.4-12.9-12; C3 D2.Civ.13-14.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.7-8; APUSH Period 8; NAEP Themes 1,3; CA HSS 11.11; NY 11.10-11.11; FL SS.912.A.7.)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A review question asks students to choose the best evidence for the growth of federal regulatory politics between 1965 and 1980. Which set of evidence is strongest?

AThe Monroe Doctrine, the Mexican War, and the Compromise of 1850.

BThe Homestead Act, the Dawes Act, and the Populist Party platform.

CThe Berlin airlift, NATO, and the Korean War armistice.

DRalph Nader's consumer advocacy, Earth Day, the EPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Love Canal.

Solution & Explanation:The strongest set directly links consumer advocacy, environmental activism, federal agencies, pollution laws, and toxic-waste crises from the assigned period.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A student says, 'The 1970s environmental movement was mainly about global climate change policy just like the twenty-first century.' Which correction is most accurate?

AThe 1970s had no concern about air or water pollution.

BThe EPA was created to regulate only internet privacy.

CThe 1970s movement focused more on visible pollution, toxic chemicals, land use, species protection, and consumer risks.

DClean water laws were passed before the Civil War.

Solution & Explanation:Although climate concerns existed in scientific discussions, the main public and legal focus of the 1960s-1970s movement was pollution, ecology, land use, and health risk.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Stimulus: A historian notes that President Nixon signed NEPA, supported the EPA reorganization, and also worried about the costs and politics of regulation. Which conclusion is best supported?

AEnvironmental policy can be understood only as a single-party issue.

BEarly 1970s environmental policy combined broad public support with practical political limits.

CPresidents had no role in shaping environmental regulation.

DThe EPA was created during Reconstruction.

Solution & Explanation:Nixon-era environmental policy shows both strong public demand for reform and continuing debates over implementation, costs, and authority.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for U.S. History Social Studies students. It aligns with educational standard 11.85 (Select the source, law, crisis, or data trend that best explains environmentalism, Earth Day, the EPA, clean air and water laws, consumer advocacy, and regulatory politics. (C3 D2.Geo.4-12.9-12; C3 D2.Civ.13-14.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.7-8; APUSH Period 8; NAEP Themes 1,3; CA HSS 11.11; NY 11.10-11.11; FL SS.912.A.7.)).