CHECK ALL THAT APPLY PLZ HELP. IT CAN BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER How were the first departments affected at the close of the Civil War?

a. Many cities unified their fire departments because of the steam-powered fire engines, eliminating jobs and making people bitter.

b. Soldiers were asked to be paid workers in the fire departments.

c..General Grant became head of the national fire department before he ran for president.

d. In New York, volunteer departments were no longer needed with the consolidations into one Metropolitan Fire Department.

In a speech before the american society of newspaper editors (april 16, 1953), president eisenhower stated: "every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. this world in arms is not spending money alone. it is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. this is not a way of life at all in any true sense. under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." do you agree or disagree?

Identify one similarity between china and europe that explains their decisions on wether to explore or conquer lands around the indian ocean

To what condition is a stable family life, strong focus on education, and assimilation into the mainstream culture linked for minorities? a. mental well-being b. interracial marriage c. healthier relationships d. economic success