In his speech at the 1980 Republican National Convention, candidate Ronald Reagan said, "Make no mistake. We will not permit the safety of our people or our environmental heritage to be jeopardized, but we are going to reaffirm that the economic prosperity of our people is a fundamental part of our environment." What was Reagan suggesting with these remarks?
-That environmental protection would bring greater economic prosperity to the country
-That protecting American economic prosperity was just as important, if not more important, as protecting the environment
-That the environmental movement was a Communist plot against the United States
-That American economic prosperity and care for the environment were wholly incompatible
That protecting American economic prosperity was just as important, if not more important, as protecting the environment
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a. Grover Cleveland was defeated by Benjamin Harrison b. Populist James Weaver won c. blacks in the South voted for Bourbon party candidates d. the Populists seemed to pose a threat to major parties
The Han conquered which of these peoples in the second century B.C.E.?
A) Xiongnu and Tibetan B) Japanese and Thai C) Korean and Vietnamese D) Burmese and Indonesian
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A. there are very small gender differences in this area across ages B. there are large gender differences in childhood, but it becomes smaller as age increases C. the gender difference becomes significantly larger for adolescence and beyond D. gender differences stay moderate in this area across ages
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a. William Wallace. b. Cecil Rhodes. c. Wilfred Laurier. d. Lord Durham. e. Gary Trudeau