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"But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an air-tight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky, and see her begin to distort her little personality by unconsciously developing a bitterness toward white people ... then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait." Which rhetorical strategy does King adopt in these lines?
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What is the probability that his model rocket has landed ina grassy area?0.20.30.40.6
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Why did Carthage and Rome want control over the Mediterranean
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Protists belong to which of the following kingdoms?AnimalFungiNone of theseBacteriaPlant
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Select the correct answerWhich was the provision to ban slavery from territories acquired from Mexico by the United StateA. Calhoun ProvisoB. Polk ProvisoC. Lincoln ProvisoD. Wilmot Proviso
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How did General Grant show humility to General Lee and the Confederate Army at Lees surrender?
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What is the main reason the author includes the section original of Memorial Day
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Which environmental problem is most closely connected to clearing the land for economic development?A) pollutionB) climate changeC) toxic rainD) deforestationI NEED HELP PLZ!!!
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Why did Mikhail Gorbachev have trouble retaining support from hard-line communists?He denounced Boris Yeltsin.He threatened to dismantle the communist system.He promised reform in Eastern Europe.He refused to crush rebellions in Eastern Europe.
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Read the quotation and then answer the question."[When]the University of Texas Law School is compared with [the] law school for Negroes, we cannot find substantial equality in theeducational opportunities offered white and Negro law students by the state. We hold that therequires that petitioner beadmitted to the University of Texas Law School."-Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Opinion of the Court, Sweatt v. Painter (1950)Analyze the quotation and then select the phrase that correctly completes the excerpt.A. 13th AmendmentB. Civil Rights ActC. Due Process Clause of the 5th AmendmentD. Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
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What does the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution do?A. It allows all men 21 or older to be able to vote in the United StatesB. It allows for the direct election of Senators to the CongressIt bans slavery in the United StatesC. It allows the federal government to tax citizen's income
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Example of Diplomacy Treaties and executive agreementsMilitary force
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Name two factors that helped launch the womens movement
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Why did Ngo Dinh Diem end up losing a tremendous amount ofsupport despite US efforts to financially assist South Vietnam?
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Most of the countries in Central and East Asia have __________ economies. A. mixed B. market C. command D. traditional Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D
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name one example when a non-state entity transferred control of a colony to a state
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True or false ????Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of Union ships blocking ports in Southern cities.
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How did alliances contribute to the start of World War I?O Alliances made it easier for nations to negotiate peace treaties.Because of alliances, fewer nations needed to participate in the war.O Alliances required nations to defend each other against aggressionA set of alliances helped nations respond peacefully to problems
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Before 1870, the European presence in Africa was characterized primarily by:a. military conquests of large territories administered as military states.b. intense colonization and settlement of large areas.c. active international interaction through trade and diplomacy.d. coastal enclaves for trade and a few settlements.e. frequent coastal raids along with racial segregation imposed on conquered peoples.
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What impact did the embargo have on America?
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Most of the group decides to use the wood to build a fence, which would divide the island from the beach. But some people dont want to use the wood for that purpose. Do you think it would be fair to make those people help build the fence?
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Why would the federal government encourage northerners to move westward?
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Read this excerpt from the District of Columbia v. Heller dissenting opinion:The (Second) Amendment permits government to regulatethe interests that it serves. Thus, irrespective of whatthose interests are-whether they do or do not include anindependent interest in self-defense-the majority's viewcannot be correct unless it can show that (Washington,D.C.'s) regulation is unreasonable or inappropriate inSecond Amendment terms. This the majority cannot do.3What does the author of this excerpt most likely believe?A. Individual states may prohibit firearm ownership, but the federalgovernment cannot.B. Firearms are a danger to the average citizen and should beoutlawed nationwide.C. Cities have the right to reasonably limit individual rights topromote the public interest.D. The Second Amendment no longer applies to the modern UnitedStates
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Match each word or term with its definition.Genocidethe peaceful shift from communism todemocracy in CzechoslovakiaEthnic cleansingthe deliberate killing of a group ofpeople for ethnic or political reasonsVelvet Revolutionto make whole again; to put back into asingle unitReunificationthe elimination of a region's ethnicminority by forcible removal or murderImplementto put into effect
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