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Which book is considered to be the beginning of American environmentalism?

A. Henry David’s Thoreaus’s walden

B.Edward abbeys the monkey wrench gang

C. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

D. John Muir’s Our National Parks

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C. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

Step-by-step explanation:

Carson‘s most famous book, Silent Spring, was first published in 1962, just two years before her death. This book is credited as a launching a point of American environmentalism because its warnings about the destruction of the ecosystem captured the nation’s attention.

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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is considered to be the beginning of American environmentalism. I believe c is the answer

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