The best option from the list in terms of the concept of equality of opportunity would be "<span>a. Public schools may not exclude students because of their sex or race," since this would be a form of segregation. </span>
This passage from Kipling's "White Man's Burden" most likely means "<span>That the people they conquered were ignorant and uncivilized," since "ignorant" corresponds with "half-child" and "uncivilized" corresponds with "half-devil". </span>
British general and playwright John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 British and Hessian troops to American General Horatio Gates at Saratoga, New York, on this day in 1777.
<span>A pocket veto is a bill that still becomes law despite the act of a veto on behalf of the president. The reason that the bill becomes a law is that the president does not veto the bill within ten days. Once the ten days have lapsed, the bill will become a law regardless of whether the president vetoes the bill after.</span>
