PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. "By the end of September 1692, 20 people in Massachusetts Bay were dead by
order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer." (Paragraph 1)
B. "Pointing out how families had been ruined by the court's irresponsible pursuit
of witches, he wondered if people would someday 'not look upon these things
without the greatest of sorrow and grief imaginable."" (Paragraph 4)
C. "Although some restitution was eventually made to the families of the executed
and accused, the damage to lives was far reaching." (Paragraph 9)
D. "Once they were freed, they went back to living with neighbors, or in some cases
with family members, who had accused them of being witches." (Paragraph 9)

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

answer; /// i do believe the correct answer is (c) public education;

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.