Based on what happens in Julius Caesar, which statement best describes the effect of Caesar refusing to take the crown?

He earns the support of the Roman people.

He betrays the Roman people who seek leadership.

Cassius realizes Caesar is not a threat.

Calpurnia scorns him for refusing to take power.

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Answer 1
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Answer 2

The statement best describes the effect of Caesar's refusing to take the crown is he betrays the Roman people who seek leadership.

What is Julius Caesar?

It is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare. In this play, Caesar killed many people and Brutus too.

He killed people in order to get to the throne. He was encouraged by his wife to do the murders.

Thus, the correct option is b, He betrays the Roman people who seek leadership.

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In paragraph 3, Erika's teammates gave her many reasons to go along with their plan. What was an implicit message they were giving to Erika? A. If you do this, you can save the season. B. You can do this because it will be easy. C. If you don't do this, you are letting your team down. D. You should do this because a real teammate puts the team first.

Paragraph 3 - Erika tried protesting for a while, but she felt trapped. "as soon as the idea was out there, everyone jumped on it," Erika explained. "they kept telling me it would be easy. that I could save the season. then a real teammate puts the team first." before she knew it, the team had drawn up a plan. Erika would visit Mr. Kelp's room the following morning. someone would create a distraction down the hall. when Mr. Kelp investigated, Erika would grab a copy of the test from his desk. Erika wanted to say no, but between championships and friendships, there was too much to lose if she did.​

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Answer:

Which of the following words is an auxiliary or helping verb? Could

Which of the following words is NOT a form of the verb "to be"? Will

The plane flew through the air. Flew

My dog is tired. Tired

The choir sings many songs. Sings

Explanation:

Could, will, flew, tired, sings

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Answer:

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. A

Explanation:

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Explain how the prefix and root in CONDOLE contributes to its meaning.

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Con (the prefix) means “with”. Dole (doler) means suffer/pain. So, with shows sympathy by saying “with pain”.

Answer:

Con means "With" or "Thouroughly", and Dole means "Grief" or "Sorrow"

Explaination:

To condole, it means you have sympathy for another person, or to grieve with them.

The full word "Condole" means "With grief or sorrow".

This is also for English, please help

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Answer:

it's a

Explanation:

Answer:

evenings,

the comma one

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Which sentence would be the best re-statement of this paragraph from the article “Those Mysterious Comets”?

Because comets are made of water and dust, they reflect light well. This means you can see some comets very easily. But scientists only know about comets that make regular appearances. This means that most comets have not been discovered yet. Scientists rely on people who watch the skies regularly to report new comets.

A. There are no new comets to be found today.
B. Only scientists using strong telescopes can identify new comets.
C. Comets are made of water and dust.
D. Comets can be seen easily, and ordinary people can help scientists spot them.

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

The only one that makes sense

Answer:

D

Explanation:

D  is the summary of the pargraph

pls help 15 points What can the reader infer about the connection between Mount Taylor and Colorado?

They are both affected by radiation.
They are both sites of an environmental dispute.
Mount Taylor is located in Colorado.
They are both sites where uranium has been discovered.

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A connection between them is radiation, environmental dispute, and uranium has been discovered thats what we already know that’s the first answers I only know as well

Based on the limited information provided in the question, it is not possible to infer any of the options with certainty.

What is environmental dispute ?

Any abnormality in the environment is called as dispute related to it.

Mount Taylor is a peak located in New Mexico, not Colorado.

There have been environmental disputes and concerns related to uranium mining in several locations in the western United States, including New Mexico and Colorado.

Uranium is a naturally occurring element that can be found in various geological formations, including in mountainous regions.

Therefore, by  the given this information, it is possible to infer that both Mount Taylor and Colorado may be sites where uranium has been discovered. However, it is important to note that this inference cannot be made with complete certainty without additional context or information.

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what is located directly below where charlotte's chest is being stored? - Book: True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

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link is scam don’t use it or click it

Answer:

INARA IMAO

Explanation:

label and diagram each sentence (5 total)

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Answer:

1) Cake

2) Teacher

3) You

4) Mom

5) King

1. The person who made this cake did a good job
2. I wrote on a paper what ever the teacher said
3. You should study whit Mia she known all the answers
4. My mom will give the people who come to my party some cake
5. The kind rules the Kingdom
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What idea about women riding bicycles is emphasized in paragraphs 6 and 7?

A. Riding bicycles offered more than just freedom of movement.

B. Riding bicycles was a simple way to participate in a political movement.

C. Riding bicycles changed women’s fashion.

D. Riding bicycles was a popular subject in magazines

Pg 6-7

Some stated the liberating effects of the bicycle with less sarcasm. “The bicycle has brought to women a healthful, wholesome means of securing a degree of freedom and independence that no amount of discussion regarding ‘women’s rights’ would ever have produced,” wrote the L.A.W. Bulletin and Good Roads magazine in 1898. Meanwhile, Munsey’s Magazine assessed the impact of the wheel on women in a special bicycle-themed issue. “If she has ridden her bicycle into new fields, becoming in the process a new creature, it has been gradually and unconsciously,” the editors wrote.

“She did not have to be born again in some mysterious fashion, becoming a strange creature, a ‘new woman.’ She is more like the ‘eternal feminine,’ who has taken on wings, and who is using them with an ever increasing delight in her new power.”Indeed, many bicycle companies at home and abroad did put wings on the women in their advertisements, emphasizing that they had taken flight.

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Answer:

A. Riding bicycles offered more than just freedom of movement

Riding bicycles offered more than just freedom of movement, is the idea emphasized in paragraphs 6 and 7. Thus, option (a) is correct.

What is movement?

The act of moving, a change in position or posture, the transferring of a situation from one to another using any method, a natural or proper motion, progress, or advancements, such as the marching or maneuvering of an army, the movement of a wheel or machine, or a group of people in motion.

In the given passage, paragraphs 6 and 7 refer to the fact that there was some liberating effect there by the bicycle that was less sarcasm. As a result, the bicycle brought the women's health and degree of freedom.

Therefore, option (a) is correct.

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On page 29, what were Harriet's thoughts about liberty? Select all of the correct answers.

She had a right to liberty.
She should not have to fight for liberty.
She had a right to liberty or death.
If she could not have liberty, she would choose death.


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Answer:

There is no page 29

Explanation:

Answer:

She had a right to liberty or death.  

She had a right to liberty.

If she could not have liberty, she would choose death.

Explanation:

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Can any1 please copy and paste a section of a Midsummer's Night Dream that has 10 lines with 2 people talking? please i need help

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Answer:

Act 1 [Scene 1] running scene 1

Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, with others [Philostrate and attendants]

THESEUS Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in

Another moon: but O, methinks, how slow

This old moon wanes; she lingers my desires,

Like to a stepdame or a dowager

Long withering out a young man's revenue.

HIPPOLYTA Four days will quickly steep themselves in

nights,

Four nights will quickly dream away the time.

And then the moon, like to a silver bow

New-bent in heaven, shall behold the night

Of our solemnities.

THESEUS Go, Philostrate,

Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments,

Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth,

Turn melancholy forth to funerals:

The pale companion is not for our pomp.

[Exit Philostrate]

Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword,

And won thy love doing thee injuries.

But I will wed thee in another key,

With pomp, with triumph and with revelling.

Enter Egeus and his daughter Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius

EGEUS Happy be Theseus, our renownèd duke.

THESEUS Thanks, good Egeus: what's the news with thee?

EGEUS Full of vexation come I, with complaint

Against my child, my daughter Hermia.

Stand forth, Demetrius. My noble lord,

This man hath my consent to marry her.

Stand forth, Lysander. And my gracious duke,

This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child.-

Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes,

And interchanged love-tokens with my child.

Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung,

With feigning voice verses of feigning love,

And stol'n the impression of her fantasy

With bracelets of thy hair, rings, gauds, conceits,

Knacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats - messengers

Of strong prevailment in unhardened youth -

With cunning hast thou filched my daughter's heart,

Turned her obedience, which is due to me,

To stubborn harshness.- And, my gracious duke,

Be it so she will not here before your grace

Consent to marry with Demetrius,

I beg the ancient privilege of Athens:

As she is mine, I may dispose of her;

Which shall be either to this gentleman

Or to her death, according to our law

Immediately provided in that case.

THESEUS What say you, Hermia? Be advised, fair maid,

To you your father should be as a god,

One that composed your beauties, yea, and one

To whom you are but as a form in wax

By him imprinted and within his power

To leave the figure or disfigure it.

Demetrius is a worthy gentleman.

HERMIA So is Lysander.

THESEUS In himself he is.

But in this kind, wanting your father's voice,

The other must be held the worthier.

HERMIA I would my father looked but with my eyes.

THESEUS Rather your eyes must with his judgement look.

HERMIA I do entreat your grace to pardon me.

I know not by what power I am made bold,

Nor how it may concern my modesty

In such a presence here to plead my thoughts:

But I beseech your grace that I may know

The worst that may befall me in this case,

If I refuse to wed Demetrius.

THESEUS Either to die the death or to abjure

Forever the society of men.

Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires,

Know of your youth, examine well your blood,

Whether, if you yield not to your father's choice,

You can endure the livery of a nun,

For aye to be in shady cloister mewed,

To live a barren sister all your life,

Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon.

Thrice blessèd they that master so their blood,

To undergo such maiden pilgrimage.

But earthlier happy is the rose distilled

Than that which withering on the virgin thorn

Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness.

HERMIA So will I grow, so live, so die, my lord,

Ere I will yield my virgin patent up

Unto his lordship, whose unwishèd yoke

My soul consents not to give sovereignty.

THESEUS Take time to pause, and by the next new

moon -

The sealing day betwixt my love and me,

For everlasting bond of fellowship -

Upon that day either prepare to die

For disobedience to your father's will,

Or else to wed Demetrius, as he would,

Or on Diana's altar to protest

For aye austerity and single life.

DEMETRIUS Relent, sweet Hermia.- And, Lysander, yield

Thy crazèd title to my certain right.

LYSANDER You have her father's love, Demetrius:

Let me have Hermia's. Do you marry him.

EGEUS Scornful Lysander! True, he hath my love;

And what is mine my love shall render him.

And she is mine, and all my right of her

I do estate unto Demetrius.

LYSANDER I am, my lord, as well derived as he,

As well possessed: my love is more than his,

My fortunes every way as fairly ranked,

If not with vantage, as Demetrius',

And, which is more than all these boasts can be,

I am beloved of beauteous Hermia.

Why should not I then prosecute my right?

Demetrius, I'll avouch it to his head,

Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,

And won her soul: and she, sweet lady, dotes,

Devoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry,

Upon this spotted and inconstant man.

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Read each prompt to determine a purpose and an audience for writing. Then select the writing task that satisfies the purpose and audience.
A. Choose... While walking your dog, you find a wallet containing several hundred dollars. You want to create a piece of writing that will find the owner.
B. Choose... As a water-quality volunteer in your community, you want to create a piece of writing that will list and describe the steps new volunteers should follow to take and test water samples.
C. Choose... You are invited to attend opening night of a new science fiction movie. After viewing the film, you want to publish a review of the movie.
D. Choose... Early one evening, you witness a cloud of glowing insects in your garden. You observe quietly, and then decide to research the insects and share your results.
E. Choose... You return from a family vacation to a beach. Your experience was fantastic, and you want to share news and photographs of your trip with your friends.

Here are the choices.
1. email
2. poster
3. blog post
4. short story
5. informative report

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The answer is c. CB. C.

You are invited to attend opening night of a new science fiction movie. After viewing the film, you want to publish a review of the movie prompt to determine a purpose and an audience for writing.

What is a fiction movie?

Films that tell a fictional or fictionalized story, event, or narrative are referred to as narrative films, fictional films, or fiction films. Feature films or feature-length films are frequently used to refer to commercial narrative films that are more than one hour in length.

Any publication or piece of media that strives, in good faith, to present information only about the real world, as opposed to being based in imagination, is considered non-fiction. The goal of non-fiction is often to convey subjects in an objective manner using historical, scientific, and empirical data.

Nonfiction refers to true stories centered on real events and people, whereas fiction often refers to narrative, settings, and characters developed from the author's imagination.

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By the 16th century, the legendary Pied Piper of Hamelin was blamed for the departure of children from the German village of Hameln in 1284. Some say the children were led to colonize the east. Others say they became victims of the Children's Crusade.

How does the allusion to the Pied Piper in “Pan: God of the Wild” contribute to the meaning of the myth?

It foreshadows that Pitys will follow Pan to her death.

It foreshadows that Pitys will go on a crusade.

It foreshadows that Pitys will marry Pan.

It foreshadows that Pitys will colonize the cliffs.

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Answer:

The first option

Explanation:

Answer:

It foreshadows that Pitys will follow Pan to her death.

Explanation:

How do preconceived notions impact the content of an editorial cartoon?
A. They help you better understand the content displayed in the cartoon.
B. They lay a foundation for the information that is illustrated.
C. They interfere with the way you view the information.
D. They allow you to draw conclusions accurately.​

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A. They help you better understand the content displayed in the cartoon.

Answer:

They interfere with the way you view the information.

Explanation:

Preconceived notions often lead to misconceptions because they interfere with the way you gather information. Remember, if you are trying to consider information, but have already formed an opinion on the topic, then you are unable to see it the way the author intended.

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How are they alike and different? Be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your claims. Why do you think O. Henry chose the twenty-year rendezvous in New York as the setting?

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Answer:

"After Twenty Years" takes place on a street in New York City around the turn of the twentieth century. ... The two had grown up together and were the closest of friends, but the man was leaving the next morning to go out to the West to find his fortune, and Jimmy was the type of person who would never leave New York.

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"Dave gave his grandmother a dirty look when she asked him to help with the dishes," is an example of which method of characterization?

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Answer: Indirect characterization

Explanation:

This is indirect characterization, because the excerpt does not explicitly say he was mad at his grandmother. Instead, it gives an implicit clue that he is via body language.

Answer:

looks

Explanation:

it described the look David gave his grandma

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copy this exactly:
I was only three years old but I can still remember how I felt on that day so long ago. I can still see how it all looked to me. My parents had took us to the museum with them.
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so copy this : I was only three years old, but i still remember how i felt on that day so long ago. I can still see how it all looked to me. My parents had taken us to the museum. They had been planning this outing for days, and it was a special occasion. I remember that my mom wore a blue dress, and my father had on a suit. My sister and I wore matching dresses, and had on our patent leather shoes.

Read the following excerpt from "Homecoming."

Atsidi lifted his eyes to Nantai’s face. The long, black braid was gone, and Nantai wore the White man’s pants and shirt, but everything else was the same. His eyes shone bright and clear, and his smile was as wide as the sky. Atsidi recognized him as if he’d seen him only yesterday. And Nantai’s eyes told Atsidi that he was recognized too.

Based on this excerpt, what can be inferred about Nantai?

He has completely assimilated to the White man’s ways.
He is angry about having been taken away from his family.
He has not forgotten or rejected his family or his Navajo culture.
He no longer wants to live with his Navajo family

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He has not forgotten or rejected his family or his Navajo culture
He has not forgotten or rejected his family or his Navajo culture

Help Why did Zalena’s family leave American Samoa?
and What are the purposes of the large, 15-story building in the middle of Whittier, Alaska?
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Answer:

Alaska is that the whole town lived in the Explanation:

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Read the following statements, and in two paragraphs, using your own words, identify the target audience of each one, including the reasons for your identification. Then, define the term target audience, and explain why knowing your target audience is important in persuasive writing.
1. The new Malibu Barbie Doll is a great addition to your Barbie collection. Ask Santa to deliver this gift under your tree this year!

2. Today's recipe is by far the most recommended by viewers on-the-go: crock pot potato soup.

3. Provide for the community by donating and serving food at the soup kitchen this Saturday.

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1. The target audience of this one is for young children, most likely female. Typically, people over the age 7 know that Santa is not real, and the statement acknowledges Santa’s existence as if he was a real person. In well written persuasive techniques, the target audience must believe in what you say, so the target audience must believe in Santa and must be under the age of 7. In addition, the demographic for Barbie as a brand is mostly female, and the statement states that their produce is a great addition to the target audience’s “Barbie collection”. So, the target audience must be young girls.

2. The target demographic for this is for working adults with children. Crock pots are designated for people who don’t have time to sit there and cook. Working adults normally have some time after work to cook dinner, but having children changes that fact. Children take up a lot of time, so the target audience wouldn’t be able to cook dinner regularly. So they would use this recipe because it uses a crock pot.

3. The target demographic for this statement is for retired people. Retired people are retired because they have earned enough money to live comfortably without working. Since they have all of that accumulated money, they are able to donate to the statement’s cause. Retired people also don’t have jobs, which means that they would have the time to be able to serve food all day.

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Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

DON

(picking up the cue)

Sure. That's the kind of thing – like sun spots. They raise cane with radio reception all over the world. And this thing being so close – why there's no telling the sort of stuff it can do.

(he wets his lips, smiles nervously)

Go ahead, Charlie. You and Steve go into town and see if that isn't what's causing it all.

What do the stage directions tell the reader about Don’s feelings?

He feels threatened by Steve and Charlie.
He may be more worried about the flash than he is admitting.
He is confident about the cause of the power outage.
He knows that Tommy is right but is keeping his feelings a secret.

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Answer: i think that the correct answer is the second option

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Select all that apply. What type of information is contained in catalog systems?
title of the book
author's family
call number
author's hometown
author's name and date of birth
publisher
number of pages
place of publication and date
additional entries in the system​

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Answer:

Title of the book

Authors hometown

Authors name and date of birth

Publisher

Place of publication and date

I think

A. The title of the book
C. Call number
E.Authors name and date of birth
F.publisher
G.number of pgs
H.place of publication and date

Which statement best describes a chronological text structure?

a. It shows how one event leads to another.
b. It shows a problem and proposes a solution.
c. It is written in the order that events happened.
d. It compares events, ideas, people, or things.

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Answer:

C. It is written in order that events happened.

Explanation:

"Chronological is listing, describing, or discussing when events happened as they relate to time. It is like looking at a timeline to view what occurred first".

The correct answer is C “it is written in the order that events happened” i know this because Chronogical order is the order things happened in

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What are Ezra's personal feelings about, in the poem "Song" by Ezra Pound.

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Which poem are you specifically taking about because he has a lot? However you can find a short analysis of every single one of his poems online.
Search up the lyrics and just write what you think

Who illustrated the original Percy Jackson and the Olympians cover art?
Rick Riordan
Kwame Mbalia
John Rocco
Eric Wilkerson
(fre.e points)

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Answer:

God knows

Explanation:

bye

Please help this is for English

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Answer:

Its B

Explanation:

the answer is B!! :)

How does paragraph 5contribute to the development of the story?
A. It shows Ivan was trying to be brave.
B. It shows why the men make fun of Ivan.
C. It shows that Ivan does not care what the men think.
D. It shows that Ivan will not complete the lieutenant’s challenge.

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Answer: A.

Explanation:

Answer:

D. lt shows that lvan will not complete the lieutenant's challenge.

Explanation:

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Submit your Building An Argument Organizer.Submit your one or two-paragraph essay that evaluates the arguments presented within the article. Address these questions in your writing: Which argument was more convincing? Which article was better supported? How did the persuasive language affect the strength of the article?

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Answer:

Read the articles and answer the questions.

Explanation:

We can't see the articles.

Answer:

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The argument against school gardens was more persuasive than the other school garden argument. The argument against school gardens was more persuasive because some people see school gardens as taking time away from classroom academics. Research also does not provide any proof that spending time in a school garden can lead to higher graduation rates. For supporters argument it states that “Nearly every research study for the past 100 years has shown that for students to perform well after graduation, schools must teach to the whole child and provide whole-school experiences.” Personally, I don’t think that school gardens will affect students after they graduate. This is how against supporters was more convincible than the other opponents.

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basically, write a short essay

Central Historical Question: To what extent should the federal government be involved in the election process?

Construct an argument that addresses the Central Historical Question using knowledge of federalism, election laws, specific claims, and relevant evidence from sources.

In your argument, include the follow:

A claim that argues what level of involvement (unlimited, limited, or no involvement) the federal government should have in the election process for the states
What gives or does not give the federal government permission to be involved in elections
At least 2 historical examples to support your opinion and assertions

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Answer:

I don't know how to write an essay but I can give yo an idea in a paragraph also im 99.9 percent sure this is wrong anyway so sorry I honestly don't even understand the question.

Explanation

The central government should be involved in the election process but not at full extent I think the central government should be able to tell people what he wants without his competitors butting in the middle of his answer to the question he is trying to answer because in all election and im saying in every election someone buts into the other answer so that they don't finish and run out of time trust me it is a tactic that should be banned.

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