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Philadelphia committee
Led by Benjamin franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution -
Declaration Of Independence
It contains the goals of the nation and it also contains the principles and rule of law -
Era of the common man
Andrew Jackson coming from humble beginings -
Gold Rush
This event made communication and transportation accelerate. This was an event happening in California and it became a dream for people to move west and find their destiny. -
The Civil War
This central event led to nations ending slavery and many other problems known at the time -
Term "Ecology"
coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
Acid rain
Coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
Smog
Coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
Nation Park service
US congress created -
Stock market crash
This is known as "black Thursday" many people invested all of their money and also lots lost jobs -
Walden
Published by Henry David Thoreau -
The Vietnam War
More than 3 million people were killed. Started from U.S being afraid of the communism -
Silend Spring
Rachel Carson -
Earthrise
Apollo 8 pictures this -
Assassination of MLK Jr
Was a civil leader and assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. -
The moon landing
Apollo 11 was the first to make it to the moon and have people land. -
First Earth day
Million of people gathered in the united states for the first earth day -
Montreal protocol
Substances that deplete the ozone layer -
The cold war
Geopolitical tensions between the United States and Soviet Union -
The gulf war
Iraq went to a country to a southeast bid over getting more control on the oil supply. The U.S stepped in and tried to have people evacuate. War was a tie. -
Kyoto Protocol
Negotiated in Kyoto Japan in December countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce emissions -
Rejection of Kyoto
The United States rejects Kyoto Protocol -
Paris Agreement on climate change
the U.S announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate mitigation -
Rejoined of Paris Agreement
The U.S announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation