Question

Which statement below best describes George Waring's approach to solving the problems of water-borne illness? a. Waring is going with his "gut," because he believes that instincts and emotions are the best guides for action. b. Waring efficiently and thoroughly lays out the case for why the problems are too large and overwhelming to be solved: people should just move out of cities back to their farms. c. Waring has gathered the testimonies of people who live in densely populated areas in order to learn how they themselves have solved their problems. d. Waring exhibits the Industrial Age's increased respect for and reliance on science and the scientific method.

Answer 1

Waring exhibits the Industrial Age's increased respect for and reliance on science and the scientific method. -d.

Answer 2

d. Waring exhibits the Industrial Age's increased respect for and reliance on science and the scientific method.

Step-by-step explanation:

A particularly dire situation arose in Memphis, Tennessee, by the late 1870s, after outbreaks of cholera (1873) and yellow fever (1878 and 1879) killed more than 10,000 people. Memphis’ troubles drew the sympathy of the nation, and helps to drive the creation of the National Board of Health, which sent George A. Waring, Jr. to Memphis after the 1878 yellow fever epidemic.

George A. Waring Jr. A native of Pound Ridge, New York, had developed his skills as an agricultural and drainage engineer for New York City’s Central Park beginning in 1857. He was commissioned as a major in the Union Army during the Civil War and rose to attain the rank of colonel. In the years following the war, Waring managed Ogden Farm in Rhode Island before devoting himself full-time to drainage engineering. In Memphis, during the period of the water borne disease,

The method and approach Waring used exhibits the Industrial Age's increased respect for and reliance on science and the scientific method because Waring designed a new system that separated sewage from regular storm water runoff, a scientific innovation that before then had not been implemented on a large scale in the United States. The system became the basis for that of many other communities around the country, earning Waring a national reputation.