For each sentence, fill in each blank with the simple past or simple present form of the verb in parentheses.
1. More than 50 years after President Kennedy
_(sign) the Equal Pay Act, the
gap between salaries for men and women
_(remain) a problem today.
2. Last year's study_
(find) that in the last decade the pay gap
_(become) greater the longer a person was in the workforce.
3. The United States is one of few countries in the developed world that currently
_(use) the death penalty. Mexico, its neighbor to the south,
_(end) the death penalty in 2005.
4. During the 1950s and 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
_(lead) the civil rights
movement in the United States. Civil rights
_(include) the right to vote, the
right to a fair trial, and the right to an education.
5. Fifteen nations_
(make up) the UN Security Council. The Security Council
_(hold) its first session on January 17, 1946, in London.​