AP Topic 8.13- Environmental & Natural (1968-1980s)

AP Topic: 8.13- Environmental & Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

Politcal

He favored legislation in areas of environmental protection. played a major role in passage of legislation creating the National Wilderness System in 1964, and in the creation of the River of No Return Wilderness in 1980. He wanted to make a change in the environment and natural resources by passing systems to protect the wilderness. 

Reasoning: CCOT

• Frank Church

• Jimmy Carter

• James Dean

• Bob Dylan

AP Topic: 8.13- Environmental & Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

Political

Roosevelt has the Tennessee Valley Act that pushed the usage of electricity in rural areas. President Nixon passed the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the health of the environment from energy pollution. This law is a continuation of the evolution of energy usage. In 1977-1978, President Carter passed this law to solve the energy crisis and demand for clean energy by pushing for usage of renewable energy.

Reasoning: Continuation

• National Energy Act

• Energy Expansion Act

• Energy Conservation Act

• Conservation Energy Act

AP Topic: 8.13 Environmental and Natural Resources

Economy

An international organization that was established to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members and to provide member states with technical and economic aid.

Reasoning: Causation

• Organization of Fossil Fuels Exporting Countries (OFFC)

• Organization of Technology Exporting Countries (OTEC)

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• Organization of War Materials Exporting Countries (OWMEC)

AP Topic: 8.13- Environmental & Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

Political

Passed by Richard Nixon to provide better protection for people’s health and protection of the environment. Allows research on the environment and passes stricter regulations. 

A response signed by Richard Nixon into law to regulate pollution in America. It was a response to the large industrialization that has continued to expand and grow since America was formed as a nation. 

This agency is still in effect today.

Reasoning: Causation

• Natural Conservation Act

• Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Natural Protection Agency (NPA)

• Environmental Conservation Act

AP Topic: 8.13- Environmental & Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980 Economy

This is when inflation rate is high or increasing, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high. It was seen in the 1970s during the global recessions and series of financial crises. 

Reasoning Contextualization

• Inflation

• Stagflation

• Recession

• Consumerism

AP Topic: 8.13- Environmental & Natural Resources

Political

Also known as CERCLA or Superfund, it provides a Federal Superfund to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. This was created in response to a growing national concern about the release of hazardous substances from abandoned waste sites.

Reasoning: Cause and Effect

• Truman Doctrine

• Naturalization Act

• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprehension, and Liability Act

• McCarran Walter Immigration Act.