Could we have a look at the sources?
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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On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts
Ok for 13, I think you can open like this:
Thurgood Marshall, who was he? And then add ur info about his importance. Then define affirmative action. Explain Thurgood's opinion. I may sound redundant but here maybe this can help.
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Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and accusations of war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace.