-There Is a Plan by the Government to Consolidate the Most

question 55

Essay

-There is a plan by the government to consolidate the most dangerous hazardous waste dumps to a sparsely populated western state and to transfer the most dangerous waste to this site for storage. After examining Figure 15.3,"The Worst Hazardous Waste Sites," develop a set of reasons why this plan has merit. On the other hand,develop a set of reasons why the plan is ill conceived.

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Definitions:

Andrew Johnson

The 17th president of the United States, who served from 1865 to 1869, succeeding Abraham Lincoln following his assassination, and was the first American president to be impeached.

Radical Republicans

Group within the Republican Party in the 1850s and 1860s that advocated strong resistance to the expansion of slavery, opposition to compromise with the South in the secession crisis of 1860–1861, emancipation and arming of black soldiers during the Civil War, and equal civil and political rights for blacks during Reconstruction.

Equal Rights

The principle that all people should have the same rights and opportunities without discrimination.

Thaddeus Stevens

A nineteenth-century U.S. politician and fierce advocate for the abolition of slavery and leader in the effort to implement Reconstruction policies aimed at securing rights for freed slaves.