Question

Explain how the written word helped the environmental movement to gain momentum during the 1960s and 1970s

Answer 1

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(helped in raising awareness).

Explanation:

The meaning of "written word" simply means "writting''. Being able to put down the words spoken by humans is one of the great things or tool humanity has ever made. Written word or writting has helped in many aspect of our lives and it is one of the great tools that has helped and still helping to pass information or idea from one generation to the other.

With written words we are able to get many history thereby making us to preserve our memories and traditions.

The environmental movement during the 1960s and 1970s was a movement in order to control the pollution happening at that century such as oil spillage, the use of chemicals such as insecticides, testing of nuclear weapons and many others.

==>The use of written words during this period helped in raising awareness. Books and surveys were written and publish in order to raise public awareness For instance, the publishing of "Silent Spring'' in the year 1962 in order to raise awareness in the United States of America on the use of chemicals.

Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The written word helped the environmental movement to gain momentum during the 1960s and 1970s in that it helped the environmental movement to exert more pressure on the United States Congress to pass legislation that protected the environment. The written word spread the motives of the environmentalists so more people could be informed about their objectives and could support them. Congress passed laws aimed to reduce air and water pollution.