Do you believe vouchers are a positive or negative tool to promote improvement in America’s schools? Explain your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


Student answers will vary but should discuss the use of vouchers as an alternative to traditional school funding in order to bring market forces to bear on competition within the educational system. The problematic part of such policies is equity (robbing from one school to fund another), the means by which students receive the vouchers and are selected for alternative educational settings, and the problem of religious establishment if such vouchers are used to fund faith-based or parochial schools.

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Discuss the problems facing the American healthcare system prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and they ways in which the Act does or does not address those problems effectively.

What will be an ideal response?

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In 1860, which of the following states had the highest percentage of slaves in its population?

A. Pennsylvania B. Missouri C. Kentucky D. Mississippi E. Iowa

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What was the Trail of Tears?

a.  A trail through Death Valley in the southwestern United States  b.  The trip Native Americans took to get to early white settlements to help the settlers survive  c. ?A salt-water stream leading into the Hudson River from the Atlantis Ocean  d. ?The journey Cherokee Indians took to Oklahoma when they were forcibly removed from their land 

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The National Security Council is an agency of the legislative branch of government

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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