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Roselyn Johns

The narrow question is whether there is a secular purpose for Pawtucket's display of the crèche. The display is sponsored by the city to celebrate the Holiday and to depict the origins of that Holiday. These are legitimate secular purposes.

-Chief Justice Warren Burger,

Opinion of the Court,

Lynch v. Donnelly

1984

According to Chief Justice Burger, why was the crèche display constitutional?

-The government has the right to promote religion under the First Amendment.

-The First Amendment only applies to federal government, not city governments.

-No one is forced to look at the crèche.

-The crèche depicts the origins of Christmas but does not promote religion.

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Reyna

What effect did the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 have on American public opinion of Germany?

A. It caused public opinion toward the Germans to remain unchanged.

B. It caused public opinion to turn in favor of the Germans.

C. It caused public opinion to turn against the Germans even more.

D. It caused public opinion to first remain unchanged and then favor the Germans.

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Keyon Tucker

For which type of programs would a government most likely use a cost-benefit analysis? Check all that apply.

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Alessandra Clay

What was a main goal of President Richard Nixon's policy of détente?

A. To sponsor free elections in North and South Korea

B. To reduce tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

C. To negotiate an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict

D. To build support for recognition of the Nationalist government of Taiwan

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Addyson Silva

In 1984, approximately 12,000 years ago, in what we now call the middle east, people began to domesticate grain, which involved process that slowly spread around the world over the next 6,000 to 7,000 years.

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Asia Thornton

Granada was the last Islamic kingdom in what area of Europe? A. Iberian Peninsula B. England C. Germany D. Italian Peninsula

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Guest

What was one result of the Cuban missile crisis? Khrushchev developed radical new policies. Khrushchev became a more powerful leader. Khrushchev declined in national politics. Khrushchev won many American supporters.

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Gwendolyn

Which dance gained popularity in the romantic period?

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Gaven Velazquez

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

to grant African Americans the right to vote

to end slavery

to prohibit discrimination against African Americans

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Jazmin Weaver

Who is Richard Wright talking about when he refers to "the lord of the land?"

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Nora Frost

Which European countries had a government in the 1930s and early 1940s that was autocratic?

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Jaylin Webster

What did the judiciary act accomplish

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Eleanor Higgins

Who brought the Industrial Revolution to America? Question 3 options: Samuel Slater Robert Fulton Eli Whitney Peter Cooper

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Kyle Collins

Create 5 laws.

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Arielle Bradshaw

Which states make up the sunbelt?

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