Read the following speech carefully before you choose your answer.

The following passage is from President Lincoln's inaugural address to the American people.

(1) At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. (2) Then, a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. (3) Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. (4) The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. (5) With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

(6) On the occasion corresponding to this, four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. (7) All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. (8) While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war--seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. (9) Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.

(10) One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. (11) These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. (12) All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. (13) To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war; while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. (14) Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. (15) Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. (16) Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. (17) Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

(18) It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. (19) The prayers of both could not be answered. (20) That of neither has been answered fully. (21) The Almighty has His own purposes. (22) "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." (23) If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? (24) Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. (25) Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."

(26) With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

The primary purpose of the speech is to (3 points)

A) outline reasons to blame the South for the war

B) unify and heal a divided country after the war

C) argue that slavery was the primary cause for the war

D) establish the biblical support for the war

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A
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B
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Q.14) Only some persons are remembered after their death because_____________ *
(a) they were born in royal families
(b) they occupied high positions
(c) they were famous conquerors
(d) they performed just and noble actions

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2. Senator Wiggins chose the most competent, intelligent, applicant for the prestigious summer internship.

3. Senator Wiggins chose the most, competent intelligent, applicant for the prestigious summer internship.

4. Senator Wiggins chose the most competent, intelligent applicant for the prestigious summer internship.

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Question:
How does the author introduce the debate surrounding teaching television in the classroom? Make sure you: Write in FULL sentences (begin with the answer to the question, respond with a thought about it, and then a QUOTE/.CITATION from the article.)


The article link:

https://www.commonlit.org/texts/can-television-be-considered-literature-and-taught-in-english-classes

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(A) comedians

(B) comedian’

(C) comedians’

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Identify the major function of the central nervous system.
a.
makes you have emotion
c.
helps you digest food
b.
controls the majority of the body’s functions
d.
none of the above


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

Read the passage, then answer the question that follows:

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In the sentence above, what transition could replace furthermore without changing the meaning?

On the other hand
In addition
First of all
However

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fingerprints. LTD
(2 Points)
O Since its start in 1997, IAFIS has been improved with technology upgrades to the system.
In the beginning, investigators used ink and paper to record a person's fingerprints.
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Since 2001, a machine called Livescan has been used to scan fingerprints directly into IAFIS.
Livescan cuts down on processing time.
O
This makes the jobs of police and investigators much easier.

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What might cause an individual's perspective to

change over time? Check any of the boxes that

you agree with

the acquisition of new knowledge

personal experiences

world events

changing times

DONE

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O A. Aesthetic impact
B. Historical context
C. Symbolism
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In the passage below, choose the answer that uses either strong verbs, nouns, or the most descriptive sensory language.

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3- quiet as a feather, gentle as a lamb, hard as nails

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