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Corrective taxes are one way to deal with problems such as pollution.For example, driving a car creates air pollution that is a cost to everybody.Using high-sulphur fuels for heating or manufacturing also creates air pollution.Taxing fuels that cause air pollution increases fuel prices and may persuade users to find, where possible, less polluting fuels.
Which statement below helps to best explain why some people believe that corrective taxes are fair and justified?

• A. People should pay taxes on pollutants even if they do not use or produce pollutants.
• B. People who use or produce pollutants should pay for the costs of pollution.
• C. Modern societies depend on the automobile and on industrial manufacturers.
• D. People should be forced to live with the harmful effects of pollution.
• E. Alternative fuels as substitutes for high-sulphur fuels do not exist.

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At the end of the Civil War, at a time period called Reconstruction, the U.S. government planned to rebuild and re-establish the states that had been a part of the Confederacy. Supporting the former slaves as free citizens (freedmen) was one important goal of the federal government. Radical Republicans, mostly Northerners, pushed for federal legislation that granted the vote to freedmen. Gradually, by the 1880s, however, many states enforced policies that restricted the freedmen's right to vote. In that instance, Reconstruction has been evaluated as a failure.


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Which statement best describes the significance of the picture shown on the Harper's Weekly cover on November 16, 1867?

• A. undemocratic and unconstitutional
• B. never going to become federal law
• C. important national news
• D. a political victory for the former Confederate states
• E. unimportant to the freedmen

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The above photograph illustrates the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, attended by an estimated 200,000 people.In the left center of the photograph, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., can be seen marching with the group carrying signs.
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Which statement is most likely a basic belief of the marchers in the photograph?

• A. People should work together peacefully to solve political problems.
• B. The government should not try to solve America's racial problems.
• C. Communism is the only way to achieve racial harmony in the United States.
• D. Political problems cannot be addressed by ordinary citizens.
• E. Violence is the best way to get the federal government's attention.

Article I, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution reads, in part, as follows: "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote." In 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, and it states that "The Senate of the United States shall be elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
What did the amendment change?

• A. the manner of election of senators
• B. the total number of senators
• C. the qualifications needed to become a senator
• D. the salary of senators
• E. the term of office of senators

In 1963, President Johnson secured approval from Congress to begin his War on Poverty,
which allocated $1 billion to the Office of Economic Opportunity to increase employment programs. President Johnson supported the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of color, race, religion, gender, or national origin in public accommodations and employment. After election to a term as president, he introduced Medicare, which provided a two-part plan that insured all Americans over 65 against expensive hospital bills and provided inexpensive insurance for those covered by Social Security.
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Based on the information, what did President Johnson most likely believe that legislation could accomplish?

• A. reduce poverty
• B. promote the insurance industry
• C. encourage discrimination
• D. change campaign financing
• E. prevent world wars