2. PART B: Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answers to Part B? A "The Progressive Era in the United States, which lasted from about 1890 until 1920, was what the
name suggests: a period of social activism, political reform, and bold initiatives." ( Paragraph 3)

B "Famous for his strenuous lifestyle, swashbuckling, and exuberant personality, our 26th president
was a statesman honored by the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a treaty that ended the Russo-
Japanese War..." (Paragraph 9)

C “The readers responded by cutting down U. S. meat consumption by one third." ( Paragraph 19)

D "...the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for both women and
African Americans." ( Paragraph 24)

E “Yet when in 1924 he ran for the White House as the nominee of his own Progressive Party, La
Follette won only 17 percent of the national vote." ( Paragraph 36)

F "As a leader of the temperance movement, she helped bring about the ratification in 1918 of the 18th
Amendment banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol." ( Paragraph 38)

some women in the middle and upper classes worked as doctors, government officials, or priestesses. both women and men enjoyed a better quality of life the higher they were on the social pyramid. the egyptians believed that their class system created a stable, well-ordered society. each group had its own role to play.

the democratic and republican parties

explanation:

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.

newly independent countries of the former ussr