[hispanic people are a large part of the texas population.]

which evidence best supports this student's topic sentence?

a. "while the total u. s. population roughly doubled from 131.7 million in 1940 to 290.8 million in 2003, the number of latinos increased almost 30 times during the same period, from about 1.4 million to 39.9 million."
b. "congress authorized construction of an 1127-km (700-mi) security fence along the u. s.-mexico border; the bill was signed by pres. bush in october 2006."
c. "from the early 1980s through the early 2000s, more than 20 million immigrants legally entered the united states. mexico, the philippines, vietnam, china, india, south korea, the dominican republic, el salvador, jamaica, and cuba ranked among the leading countries of origin during this time."
d. according to the u. s. census bureau, three of the nation's largest cities--houston, dallas, and san antonio--also have among the highest percentages of hispanic populations.

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Select the correct answerwhat theme is portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? in reality it was just what is usually seen in the houses of people of moderate means who want to appear rich, and therefore succeed only inresembling others like themselves, there are damasks dark wood, plants, rugs, and dull and polished bronzes-all the things people of a certaiclass have in order to resemble other people of that class. his house was so like the others that it would never have been noticed, but to him it aseemed to be quite exceptional. he was very happy when he met his family at the station and brought them to the newly furnished house all lit uwhere a tootman in a white tie opened the door into the hall decorated with plants, and when they went on into the drawing-room and the studyuttering exclamations of delight he conducted them everywhere, drank in their praises eagerly, and beamed with pleasure. a.the effect of consumerismbw the power of wealthcam keeping up appearances in societyud. wconforming to societal conventionsresetnextil rights reserved.

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