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NAEP US History Grade 8

Category - US History

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"The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man. It is our alarming misfortune that so primitive a science has armed itself with the most modern and terrible weapons, and that in turning them against the insects it has also turned them against the earth."-Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962The book quoted above was important in helping to begin the

environmental movement
anti-nuclear arms movement
anti-Vietnam War movement
America First movement

Explanation

Answer: A - environmental movement.

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