L 1.1.5 Quiz: Constructing Arguments Question 10 of 10
Which claim is not defensible?
A. The world would be better off if political boundaries didn't exist.
B. The government works better when the president and the majority
of Congress are from the same party
C. Decreasing taxes on middle class citizens improves the U. S.
economy
D. The nation's debt generally rises during times of war.

The california gold rush: actually had only a small impact on california’s population because its rich farmlands already attracted thousands of new settlers each year. attracted almost equal numbers of men and women. resulted in laws that discriminated against “foreign miners.” made considerable wealth for average miners because gold mining demanded no real investment of capital. hurt the development of san francisco because gold discoveries shifted interest to areas outside of town.

At the beginning of wwii, what action by winston churchill influenced hitler’s strategy?

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is