- The general who led American troops at the Little Big Horn was:
- On average, factory workers worked how many hours a week:
- The man who created the modern steel industry was:
- The Mexican who attacked two towns in the United States was:
- After an interim government, Czar Nicholas was replaced by:
- The Nez Pierce chief who tried to flee to Canada was:
- By 1900, railroad mileage increased to more than:
- The first mail-order business was established by:
- Passage A:The fact is, bureaucracies are a problem around the world. There's an old story about a town - it could be anywhere - with a bureaucrat who is known to be a good-for-nothing, but he somehow had always hung on to power. So one day, in a town meeting, an old woman got up and said to him: "There is a folk legend here where I come from that when a baby is born, an angel comes down from heaven and kisses it on one part of its body. If the angel kisses him on his hand, he becomes a handyman. If he kisses him on his forehead, he becomes bright and clever. And I've been trying to figure out where the angel kissed you so that you should sit there for so long and do nothing."-Address at Moscow State UniversityRonald Reagan Passage B:We Americans make no secret of our belief in freedom. In fact, it's something of a national pastime. Every four years the American people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years. At one point there were thirteen major candidates running in the two major parties, not to mention all the others, including the Socialist and Libertarian candidates - all trying to get my job. About 1,000 local television stations, 8,500 radio stations, and 1,700 daily newspapers - each one an independent, private enterprise, fiercely independent of the government - report on the candidates, grill them in interviews, and bring them together for debates.-Address at Moscow State UniversityRonald Reagan What is the main opinion Reagan gives in Passage A? What is the main opinion Reagan gives in Passage B?Which opinion does he substantiate with facts?
- At the same time, the growth of democracy has become one of the most powerful political movements of our age. In Latin America in the 1970s, only a third of the population lived under democratic government; today over 90 percent does. In the Philippines, in the Republic of Korea, free, contested, democratic elections are the order of the day. Throughout the world, free markets are the model for growth. Democracy is the standard by which governments are measured.-Address at Moscow State UniversityRonald Reagan How does Reagan substantiate his opinion that democracy is a powerful force?
- Making a bandwagon appeal in a persuasive speech is an example of using
- In the statement below, Reagan expresses the opinion that economic freedom is a powerful force. Which detail from his speech best substantiates this opinion? "We are seeing the power of economic freedom spreading around the world."
- A fact is true and can be proven, while a(n) is someone's belief or idea.
- Who tells the story and how it is told are known as
- Which line from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University shows that one purpose of the speech was to build connections between the Soviet Union and the US?
- Read the excerpt from Outcasts United.Luma pulled her Volkswagen Beetle into the center's parking lot on a sunny June afternoon in 2004, before her team's first tryouts. She wasn't sure what kind of response her flyers had generated among the boys in the complexes around Clarkston. They were naturally wary.But on the other side of town, Jeremiah Ziaty had no doubt about his enthusiasm for the new team. His mother was still at work when he set out from the family's apartment, a small backpack on his shoulder, ready to play.When Jeremiah arrived at the center, he joined twenty-two other boys on the small field behind the building. Which statement best describes how the author is developing the plot in this excerpt?
- The recurrence of words or phrases in a rhetorical device is known as
- Our ties to you are more than ones of good feeling; they're ties of kinship. In America, you'll find Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, peoples from Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They come from every part of this vast continent, from every continent, to live in harmony, seeking a place where each cultural heritage is respected, each is valued for its diverse strengths and beauties and the richness it brings to our lives.-Address at Moscow State UniversityRonald Reagan What is Reagan's purpose in this section of his speech?
- Read the excerpt from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University.Even as we explore the most advanced reaches of science, we're returning to the age-old wisdom of our culture, a wisdom contained in the book of Genesis in the Bible . . . In this excerpt, Reagan uses
- Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan's Address at Moscow State University.But I hope you know I go on about these things not simply to extol the virtues of my own country but to speak to the true greatness of the heart and soul of your land. Who, after all, needs to tell the land of Dostoyevsky about the quest for truth, the home of Kandinsky and Scriabin about imagination, the rich and noble culture of the Uzbek man of letters Alisher Navoi about beauty and heart? The great culture of your diverse land speaks with a glowing passion to all humanity. Which statement about this excerpt is correct?