Answer:
The best description of the weather in Moingona, Iowa before the train crash is Option C: There was very heavy rain, which caused Honey Creek to rise and flood.
Explanation:
This train accident occurred on the afternoon of July 6, 1881. There had been heavy thunderstorms that caused flash flooding and this washed out the timbers of the railway trestle that crossed Honey Creek. A locomotive was sent from Moingona to check track conditions. It fell into Honey Creek with a crew of four men on board.
A young adolescent of about 16 years old Kate Shelley heard the crash and also thought of a passenger train that would be heading the same route. She found two survivors and went to get help, traveling a long distance to sound the alarm and risking her own safety by crossing another bridge on her hands and knees. She is considered a heroine and has a bridge named after her.
Answer:
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Answer:
A struggle between a character and an opposing force.
Explanation:
An external struggle is one that is experienced by a character but that does not come from within. Doubts and insecurities, for example, are not external struggles because the entire battle takes place inside the character's mind.
An external struggle is a fight that the main character might have with an antagonist, a disagreement with a friend, or even a complex situation that involves some other type of external force that is independent of the main character himself.
Answer:
The answer is below
Explanation:
Match the definitions with the terms, we have the following:
1. dark-skinned: SWARTHY is a term used for dark-skinned people.
2. derogatory word for poor whites: CRACKER is a term used in describing poor white people.
3. a kind of mold: MILDEW is a form of mold, which in turn is a form of fungus.
4. long wait or watch: VIGIL is a term used in describing the time of being awake when one should be sleeping. For example prayer VIGIL at midnight.
5. appealing: ENTICING both of them means things that are attractive or tempting
Answer:
Statement that best explains the difference in viewpoint in the Greenberg interview from that in the informational text on Thurgood Marshall is Option D: The Greenberg interview provides an insider's view of the Brown vs. Board of Education case; the perspective of the informational article is more distant.
Explanation:
Brown v. Board of Education case was a decision which set benchmark in Supreme Court of U.S. It ruled that the state laws which establish racial discrimination in public schools are unconstitutional.
Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer in the Supreme Court of the United States. Other given option are incorrect. Greenberg gave personal knowledge of Thurgood Marshall and about the case but the informational article was only based on research.
Greenberg interview gave important details while article was based only on research.
