The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was proposed by the President Nixon, this Agency followed a set of measures aimed to improve air quality, to avoid water pollution, to reduce the emission of dangerous fumes and to invest in preventive strategies against oil spills. The EPA had many responsibilities in the United States, two of them were to research about pollutants and to set standards for factories to reduce their impact on the environment.
Explanation:
The discovery of oil and tin on the islands and the desire for more rubber plantations prompted the Dutch to gradually expand their control over Sumatra, part of Borneo, Celebes, the Moluccas, and Bali. Finally the Dutch ruled the whole island chain of Indonesia, then called the Dutch East Indies.
The constitutional principle that was the main focus of the north south conflicts that led to the civil war was the right to own property, since many people in the South felt that slaves were included in terms of "property" that could not be taken away.
Answer:
1. Freedom from Unpayable Taxes. 2. Freedom from British Domination In their Land
Explanation:
In the early 1900s, Indians wanted Independence from the British because they craved for Freedom of Speech. Freedom from Unpayable Taxes. Freedom from British Domination In their Land.
Nationalism was intensified after 1918 for two main reasons:
1. There was a great degree of satisfaction with the reforms by the educated Indian nationals.
2. Many Brits were still dominant in India.
Woodrow Wilson had made Indians aware of his belief in national self-determination. He believed that Indians had a right to govern themselves and this undermined the basic idea of the colonialist Brits.
The OPEC oil embargo was an event where the 12 countries that made up OPEC stopped selling oil to the United States. In response to the oil crisis, the United States took steps to become increasingly energy independent.
