-Why Was the Mining Industry Able to Use Environmentally Harmful

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.