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Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day. It marks the anniversary of what many be consider the birth of the modern environmental movement. At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Pollution was the main factor.
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The purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
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This amendment allowed 18-year-olds to vote.
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Under the administration of the French President Charles de Gaulle, France reduced its dollar reserves, trading them for gold from the U.S. government, thereby reducing U.S. economic influence abroad until 1970. This, along with the fiscal strain of federal expenditures for the Vietnam War and persistent balance of payments deficits, led President Richard Nixon to end the direct convertibility of the dollar to gold on August 15, 1971, resulting in the system's breakdown: Nixon Shock
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