Answer:
1. The word 'tend' means 'disposed to', or 'frequently leads to' destruction.
2. He chose this subtitle for this section to explain how difficult it was for the French people to control the Vietnamese people.
3. Ruined means destruction.
4. The Vietnamese people were doing the ruining.
Explanation:
The article, "The Vietnam Wars," highlights the resistance put up by the Vietnamese people when other nations like the Chinese and French tried to subjugate them. In that section, the phrase, "Everything Tends to Ruin", was used by a French Military commander to summarize the frustration of the French people who tried to colonize the Vietnamese people.
The locals used their knowledge of the terrains to cause mayhem to their colonists. They resisted the schooling offered by the French people and rather embraced their culture. All ploys by the French colonists to subjugate them were met with resistance.
Answer:
Positivtely
Explanation:
I usually tell them thanks for your input even if it really wasn't needed or wanted then I take a deep breath and continue about my day. I could improve by trying to see from their point of view.
Athena. Athena was the Greek goddess of war and wisdom. She was very smart.
This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question.
Read An Editorial: It's time for a nation to return the favor (The Times-Picayune)
The author of the editorial "It's Time for a Nation to Return the Favor' is most likely a:
A. resident of New Orleans trying to get the federal government to
pay to rebuild the city.
B. politician considering how much money to spend on rebuilding
New Orleans
C. native of the South demonstrating why it was foolish for people to
settle in New Orleans,
D. meteorologist warning that stronger storms are likely to hit New
Orleans in the future.
Answer: A. resident of New Orleans trying to get the federal government to pay to rebuild the city.
Explanation:
The author is expressing a point of view from the perspective of a resident of New Orleans. This becomes clear every time he refers to the benefits of the city as "our". For example, he refers to "our ports", "our shores", and "our jazz".
The main purpose of the article is to convince the citizens of New Orleans to demand help from Congress to rebuild the city after it was flooded by Katrina.
Answer:
To sustain that slaves were not lazy and idle. That they were also intelligent and had desires.
Explanation:
Maria W. Stewart used the thirteen colonies' fight for independence from Great Britain as support to explain that slaves were also intelligent, that they had a drive, that they had ambitions, dreams, and that they were not lazy people crying for freedom. That the knew how to work because they had passed their lives under strong regimes and guidelines to be satisfied. She also recalled how the patriots found inspiration to fight a war with odds against and managed to win.
