Media,family, friends, education level. Knowledge of the issues, if the issues directly affect you (like immunizations being mandatory for your kids). I'm not sure about the second half of your question.
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Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
the most likely answer would be B because he helped martin luther king jr
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