In 1969, Nixon halted the dumping of toxics into the Great Lakes. Nixon was responsible for the push to develop the Environmental Protection Agency. He created the Council on Environmental Equality in 1970 and passed the Clean Air Act in 1972.
The classic example of this divide is how, traditionally, history curriculums approach the Civil War.
While this is less the case today, 25-50 years ago, if you grew up in the South, you would have learned about the "War of Northern Aggression"
If you grew up in the North, you would have learned about the American Civil War and the South's history of slavery and the war to end the slavery.
"Traditional" History is often written by those that were victorious, so it is remarkable to see how in the modern era voices are being heard that would not have been traditionally heard.
A global society means that history is more nuanced with more perspectives present at the table of history.
But there is still a long way to go. Californians will spend lots of time learning about Sutters Fort while Pennsylvanians will learn about Fort Duquesne.
The ultimate reason as to why a state will perish will be legislative power that is more corrupt than the executive power, according to Montesquieu
<span>Eleanor Roosevelt, the
former first lady and she was the longest serving first lady of the United
States fought hard to get women into
government and to see that new deal programs benefitted women.</span>
<span>President franklin
D. Roosevelt started the programs to help recover the economic problems of the period
of Great Depression in 1930s, these programs are known as “New Deal”.</span>
