1.
during the 1960s, many poor americans were
single women and children.
minorities.
elderly.
all of the above.
2.
one disadvantage of standardization in american business was that it discouraged individuality.
true
false
3.
who wrote on the road?
allan freed
jack kerouac
allen ginsberg
james dean
description
4.
which was not characteristic television in the 1950s?
i love lucy
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glorification of black america and the western frontier
father knows best
5.
the longoria incident involved the refusal of an undertaker to let his funeral home be used for the burial of a mexican-american war hero.
true
false

This chapter lists many ways in which becoming computer literate is beneficial. think about what your life will be like once you’re started in your career. what areas of computing will be most important for you to understand? how would an understanding of computer hardware and software you in working from home, working with groups in other countries and contributing your talents.

Write the pseudo code for this problem based on what you learned from the video. the purpose is to design a modular program that asks the user to enter a distance in kilometers, and then converts that distance to miles. the conversion formula is as follows: miles = kilometers x 0.6214

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