Austria-hungary wanted to expand its empire into the country of serbia. gavrilo princip, a member of a serbian terrorist organization, assassinated archduke of austria-hungary (heir to the throne). this set off a series of events which caused austria-hungary and germany to declare war on serbia. this also brought in serbia’s friend and the other members of the triple entente. did not join its fellow triple alliance members but instead switched sides and joined the triple entente and serbia to form a new alliance called the allied powers (aka the allies). germany, austria-hungary, and the ottoman empire (turkey) formed a new alliance called the central powers.

Question 1 (1 point) five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in the first paragraph of this passage, which literary technique does mlk use? question 1 options: a. this is an example of personification because it compares segregation to being in chains. b. this is an example of hyperbole because it gives it gives human characteristics to segregation. c. this is an example of allusion because it references the language used in the emancipation proclamation, which freed slaves in 1863, 100 years before this speech was presented. d. this is an example of onomatopoeia because he uses the words seared and withering to describe the injustices experienced by african americans.

What was true about sharecropping? a. landowner provided free tools and seeds. b. workers could leave the land if they failed to make money. c. landowners often took advantage of workers. d. workers received ownership of the land they farmed after a set number of years.

Why did noli me tangere have such a big impression on the narrator?