Author Question: During the Reagan administration, those appointed to head federal regulatory agencies a. often ... (Read 116 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

During President Reagan's first term, the nation's environmental movement was reenergized because of which of the following?

a. The accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
b. The views and actions of Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James Watt
c. President Reagan's veto of the Clean Air Act
d. Crop failures in the Midwest obviously caused by the greenhouse effect

Question 2

During the Reagan administration, those appointed to head federal regulatory agencies

a. often opposed the federal regulations they were supposed to enforce.
b. demanded rigorous enforcement of health and safety standards in the workplace.
c. dismantled those agencies, thus leaving American industry to regulate itself.
d. often changed their anti-regulatory views after learning of corporate abuses.