The emergency highway energy conservation act was passed in 1974. under this act, states would only get federal highway funding if they set a speed limit of 55 mph on all four-lane highways. why would the federal government deny funding the states instead of just directly setting the speed limit? the federal government wanted to better allocate money by cutting down on highway funding. state legislatures were not likely to reduce the speed limit to 55 mph on their own. states were thought to have the right to regulate their own intrastate highways. studies by the federal government indicated that driving 65 mph was unsafe.

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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the three roles stated in the dialogue develop the siblings' personalities.

lloyd's personality looks like a trademarketer

dana's personality is afraid from lloyd's behavior and the oldest sister is a decided person who tries to solve any conflict