Answer:
The current population of Oceania is 43,648,503
Explanation:
D - Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was part of the New Deal created to boost agricultural prices by reducing agricultural surpluses. The government bought livestock from farmers in order for them NOT to plant on part of their land.
Answer:
February 1, 1861 – Meeting in Austin, a special convention passes the Texas Ordinance of Secession. Within the month, Texas voters ratify the ordinance in a special election.
February 16, 1861 – General David E. Twiggs, commander of federal forces in Texas, surrenders the federal arsenal in San Antonio to secessionist volunteers led by the famed Texas Ranger Ben McCulloch, along with all additional army posts and property in Texas. Twiggs orders all 3000 Army troops stationed in Texas – mostly in defense of the Indian frontier – to march to the coast to be evacuated.
April 6-7, 1862 – Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee is first of the massive land battles of the Civil War. The 20,000 killed and wounded exceed the American casualties from the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War combined. Among the dead is Confederate commander Albert Sidney Johnston, famed veteran of the Texas army.
October 1862 – Fifty-three suspected Unionists are murdered by mob violence in North Texas in a series of incidents that becomes known as “The Great Hanging at Gainesville.”
January 1, 1863 – President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.
January 1, 1863 – Under the command of General John B. Magruder, newly appointed Confederate commander of Texas, Confederate forces launch a surprise attack on Galveston and regain control of the city.
Explanation:
Answer:
Option B
Explanation:
According to Augustine, there exists a difference in God’s will to
a) Something occurring necessarily
b) Something occurring voluntarily.
He further states that necessity does not preclude freedom by comparing the sufficient conditions for necessity and sufficient conditions for freedom.
He said that God’s foreknowledge is about necessity while man’s power/will leads to freedom. He equate freedom with power while maintaining free will
Option B is correct
Answer:
The following are the advantages of the public distribution system:
1. It has helped in stabilizing food prices and making food available to consumers at affordable prices.
2. It has helped in avoiding hunger and famine by supplying food from surplus regions of the country to deficient regions.
3. The system of minimum support price and procurement has contributed to increase in food grain production.
The following are the disadvantages of the public distribution system;
1. Instances of hunger occur despite granaries being full. This points to certain lacunae or inefficiency in the system.
2. High level of buffer stocks often leads to wastage of food grains and deterioration in quality.
3. The storage of food grains inculcates high carrying costs on the government.
