how is California and the U.S government different and the same
write the differences and the things in common then write the stuff that the california has that the U>S government does not have

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5. Choose two civilizations and explain one major similarity between them.

Qin Shu Huang was the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty. Explain at least two positive and two negative legacies of his reign. pls help :) 100 points no links pls

Historians use diaries and personal letters to help them understand the past, like events during the Civil Rights Movement. While in a jail in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a letter to a group of religious leaders who were concerned about his actions. How would reading this letter help historians better understand the Civil Rights Movement? Choose the best answer

1. It describes jail life in the 1960s.
2. It shows Dr. King’s level of education.
3. It demonstrates how people wrote letters in the 1960s.
4. It explains why Dr. King participated in nonviolent protests.

Read the passage from "Why the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left Side.”

Never thinking of her kindness to him—Leopard only remembered that he was hungry—he ate all her kittens. P u s s . . . was so angry that she refused to have anything more to do with the great creature.

Which statement b e s t explains the structure of the passage?

It uses a causal structure.
It uses a comparative structure.
It uses a descriptive structure.
It uses a sequential structure.

How did carpetbaggers and scalawags influence the structure of the South during Reconstruction?

A. They terrorized African Americans and their allies, burning Black schools and churches to the ground.

B. They created the sharecropping system, preventing African Americans from gaining economic power in the South.

C. They helped create a Republican voter alliance, providing votes that supported civil rights in southern states.

D. They were African American groups that won election to office, creating new laws that protected civil rights.

Which statement accurately describes the term Manifest Destiny?


A. American citizens should be free to immigrate to Mexico and Canada.


B. The United States had a duty to spread democracy across the continent.


C. The United States had a right to take control of South American nations.


D. Native Americans should be allowed to set up their own tribal governments.

What does area III on the map indicate

A person who wanted to become a government official in postclassical China would have to:
A. perform well on a civil service exam.
B. accumulate a large amount of wealth.
C. serve honorably in the military.
D. participate frequently in religious services.

Pls answer the following questions pls very important!

Question 4 options:

It has always allowed women the right to vote for federal, state, and local elections


It has never been changed


It has always been the highest law in the United States


It has never been challenged by the Supreme Court

Question 5 (1 point)
How has the Constitution provided for change in the United States

Question 5 options:

It is a guiding document but Congress can pass laws to overrule it


It can be updated through the amendment process


It can be rewritten by Supreme Court justices


It requires states to update their constitutions every ten years

Question 6 (1 point)
How does the Bill of Rights provide continuity?

Question 6 options:

It remains the heart of individual liberty, rule of law, and limited government in the United States


It is accepted by all people and allows individual states to determine the extent of an individual's freedom of speech


It is never challenged by the Supreme Court, so the meanings of those rights never changes


It is clear in giving the federal government the right to act more favorable to certain religions

Question 7 (1 point)
What generally causes the meanings of the rights listed in the Bill of Rights to change?

Question 7 options:

The Supreme Court makes rulings on those rights


More amendments are added to the Constitution


The state governments call a convention


The state constitutions update their rights

Which statement about citizenship for African Americans in the South is most accurate?

Question 8 options:

African Americans gained citizenship easily, but then lost it due to racist laws and enslavement


African Americans struggled to get citizenship, and it was removed from them once they obtained it


African Americans fought to gain citizenship, but once they obtained it, it was not denied again to them despite being affected by racist laws


African Americans gained citizenship when the nation was founded and have kept it despite being affected by racist laws

Question 10 (1 point)
Which demographic (population distribution) trend occurred in the United States between the founding of the country and Reconstruction?

Question 10 options:

More people moved to cities due to more employment opportunities


More people moved to rural areas to avoid crowded cities


More people moved to the South to acquire enslaved people


More people left the United States to avoid conflict and war