Compare and contrast foundational sentiments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” with those included in Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should discuss similarities with respect to natural rights and basic liberties and should discuss how the founders of the Declaration of Independence failed to apply those rights to African Americans during their period of history, whereas Dr. King was attempting to argue that those natural rights must apply to every man and woman regardless of race or ethnicity.
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A(n) __________ in the House permits debate within the overall time allotted to the bill
Answer:
A major difference between differential and experimental research is that,
A) In experimental research, the independent variable is not manipulated. B) In differential research, the independent variable is manipulated. C) In differential research, only the dependent variable is manipulated. D) In experimental research, the independent variable is manipulated.
To help get his New Deal programs past a skeptical Supreme Court, Franklin D. Roosevelt
a. scaled back his New Deal initiatives. b. enacted the programs through executive orders rather than through legislation. c. proposed increasing the size of the Supreme Court. d. fired five justices and replaced them with justices who were sympathetic to the New Deal. e. created chancery courts with jurisdiction that included all New Deal initiatives.
Mercantilist practices were seen as essential to state power because __________
B) these practices were known to broadly increase domestic living standards. C) liberal theories of trade were thought to be a wealth destroyer. D) prioritizing exports over imports allowed the exporting state to export culture in addition to products.