Thursday April 6

Today we did a Jigsaw on Chapter 23 Section 4.  If you missed class you either need to get class notes from another student or take Cornell Notes yourself on chapter 23 section 4 (The Environmental Movement)
Era of Activism – Environmental & Consumer Movements (23.4)
Answer the following questions using complete sentences that incorporate the question in your response.

1. What was the story that followed “A Fable for Tomorrow”?       
2. Your book claims that “the modern environmental movement would not have started without Rachel Carson.” Explain why this was?            
3. What is the definition of grassroots?
4. Why did almost all environmental movements begin as grassroots movements?
5. What was the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency?             
6. What was the Clean Air Act and what did it do?           
7. What was the Clean Water Act and what did it do?     
8. Ralph Nader was a champion of consumer rights. 
9. What did he focus on most intently in the 1960s?       
10. What was the result of his efforts to fix the “coffins on wheels”?          
11. What are 4 advantages of nuclear power? What are 4 disadvantages of nuclear power?