-Why Was the Mining Industry Able to Use Environmentally Harmful

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Multiple Choice

-Why was the mining industry able to use environmentally harmful methods such as open-pit mining in places like Minnesota's Mesabi Range as illustrated in this photograph?

• A) The harmful effects of open-pit mining were limited to minimal scarring on the landscape.
• B) An environmental movement had not yet been created in the United States.
• C) Western states did not have the political power to regulate the mining industry.
• D) Political officials in the West received kickbacks and bribes from the mining industry.

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