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jman1234

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Despite reluctance by both the president and Congress, the United States resorted to forced conscription in 1917 because
 
  a. there was no other way to raise the huge numbers of American army servicemen efficiently that would needto be sent to Europe.
  b. it was the most effective way to destroy opposition to the war.
  c. all the Allied and Central powers had already instituted the draft.
  d. the early American volunteers for the war proved to lack discipline, bravery, and competence.
  e. the U.S. government was unwilling to accept women into the armed forces.

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In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court
 
  a. declared that the concept of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional.
  b. upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
  c. rejected desegregation.
  d. declined to rule on whether segregated facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional.
  e. ordered immediate and total integration of all American schools.



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verrinzo

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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jman1234

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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