Yes, the current American tendency to blame the poor for unfavorable conditions is similar to racist attitudes of the past. Groups in power, whether by class or race, have always tended to attribute their issues to outside parties such as the less-privileged strata of society. For example, Hitler blamed Germany’s post-WWI economic and political suffering on the domestic Jewish population, encouraging the entitled and intolerant “Aryan” Germans. In America today, political groups that are composed of the most-fortunate demographics of society tend to blame the poor for high taxes and invasive social programs. As always, xenophobia against impoverished immigrants prevails and continues to perpetuate the use of “scape-goats” for economic and societal issues brought by other factors.
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The correct answer is C) Slaves who heard of Congressional support of the Missouri Compromise were encouraged to revolt.
The other options of the question were A) The Missouri Compromise encouraged slaves sold to Missouri families to revolt and run away before they could arrive in the controversial state. B) The Missouri Compromise encouraged slaves to resist revolution in the hopes that those against slavery would soon abolish it in the United States. D) Slaves who heard of Congressional opposition to the Missouri Compromise were encouraged to revolt.
The Missouri Compromise and slave revolution interact within the text in that "Slaves who heard of Congressional support of the Missouri Compromise were encouraged to revolt."
The news about some Congressmen opposition to slavery spread quickly and a black man Denmark Vesey who was not a slave in South Carolina delivered a speech against slavery in the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Charleston and organized a rebellion of slaves in 1822 to escape to the island of Haiti. But the rebellion had a "whistle-blower," and the organizers were killed.
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New York Times vs The United States was a legal case in which the Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the newspaper to publish classified Pentagon papers without the risk of being censored by the government. President Nixon, relying on executive authority, attempted to force The New York Times into not publishing the documents.
The court based its decision on the first amendment of the Constitution, which prevented the government to create laws that would censor the right of freedom of speech of the citizens.
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C. The middle kingdom. Everybody wants to be in the middle
