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by Saint Augustine

Confessions was written partly in response to individuals who had taken an unhealthy and prurient interest in the Bishop of Hippo's early life. His less-than-model youth and young adulthood provided gossip and scandal for the more puritanical Christians of his time, and he felt it necessary to…

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Posted By greta r #218157 at May 15, 2012 2:02 AM

social science

President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan was led by:
a. carpetbaggers
b. the military
c. wealthy white planters
d. scalawags

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Posted By greta r #218157 at May 15, 2012 1:13 AM

Assessment Practice

Industrialization in the United States changed many peoples (1) lives. Skilled craftspeople could no longer compete with mass production, which required that each worker perform one, small task over, and over. (2) Factory workers often work (3) 10 to 15 hours a day. Industrialization also meant that the need for unskilled workers is increasing(4) dramatically. Between 1877 and 1890, 6.3 million people mostly poor and unskilled came to the United States(5) from Europe. In 1840, the population of the United States was 17 million. By 1900, it had jumped. (6) Read this paragraph from the first draft of a research report. The sections with numbers may include the following errors: Facts that need to be elaborated, incorrect possessive forms, comma errors, and verb tense errors. For each section with numbers, choose the revision that most improves the writing.......(1) people's, peoples', people, or correct as is.(2) one small task over and over, one, small task over and over, one small task over, and over, or correct as is. (3) working, was working, worked, or correct as is (4) were increasing, was increasing, was increasingly, or correct as it. (5) 6.3 million people, mostly poor and unskilled came to the United States,
6.3 million people mostly poor, and unskilled came to the United States, 6.3 million people, mostly poor and unskilled, came to the United States, correct as is. (6) By 1900, it was higher, By 1900, it had jumped higher, By1900, it had jumped to over 76 million, or correct as is.

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Posted By greta r #218157 at May 15, 2012 12:25 AM

Life for My Child Is Simple by Gwendolyn Brooks (Poem)

What do you thing "reaching" means to the speaker of this poem?

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Posted By greta r #218157 at May 15, 2012 12:28 AM

Primer for Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks (Poem)

What does the speaker say should be the main effort of black people?

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