In addition to traditional economic problems, such as the collapse of major industries, low high school graduation rates, and a lower than average median household income, the community of Beattyville, Kentucky, like many other American rural communities, suffered from a crisis related to __________.
A. smuggling of undocumented immigrants
B. opioid addiction
C. displacement of long-time residents through gentrification
D. high rents and homelessness
Answer: B
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The more extreme wing of the temperance movement, which sought to make alcohol illegal, won a major legislative breakthrough with the
a. Whiskey Rebellion. b. New York Statute of 1844. c. Maine Law of 1851. d. Comstock Law of 1856. e. Congressional Pledge of 1839.
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A. he convinced the Spanish monarchs to underwrite a fleet of the largest vessels of that day. B. the Spanish Reconquista had failed, and Spain needed a different enterprise. C. he grossly underestimated the distance from Europe to the Indies. D. he was one of the few Europeans who believed the world was round.
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a) recruiting poster slogans encouraging black volunteers b) the slogan of a major abolitionist organization c) the rallying cry of the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth regiment d) an appeal to southern black people by the Confederacy during the last days of the