Read the passage from The American Plague.Finally, Washington turned to Attorney General Edmund Randolph. As the nation's chief law official and legal counsel of the United States, Randolph was someone whose opinion held great weight. In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency. "It seems to be unconstitutional," Randolph noted.Which sentence contains the central idea of the passage?
What is an effect?
Read the passage from The American Plague.A very embarrassed George Washington finally had to confess to Lee, "I brought no public papers of any sort (not even the rules which have been established in these cases,) along with me."What does Washington define in this passage?
What was the cause of the yellow fever epidemic described in The American Plague?
Read the passage from The American Plague.People who had hidden themselves indoors began to emerge and walk the streets again. Shop doors opened for business, and ships once again sailed upriver to discharge cargo; farmers arrived, their wagons loaded with provisions bound for the markets of a very hungry city. Plans were even announced for the resumption of the stagecoach in early November. The city seemed to be awakening after a long, inescapable nightmare.The last line of the passage is
In what year did the yellow fever epidemic described in The American Plague have some of its worst effects?
Someone or something that produces a result is a
Read the passage from The American Plague.The reemergence of the deadly disease did not stop people from returning to the city. It did, however, leave a lingering sense of helplessness. Well into December, individuals were still succumbing to the fever, and Thomas Jefferson was worrying over which houses were safe to enter. "Yellow fever," he predicted, "will discourage the growth of great cities in the nation."The central idea of the passage is that
Read the passage from The American Plague.Whenever the Parliament clashed with their monarch, the king would get his way by suddenly convening Parliament in a remote, unreachable part of the country. Without a proper quorum of members, the king could then decide law as he pleased.As a result, representatives in the United States had drawn up the Constitution with particular attention to the issue of where they would meet in the future.The best reason why the last sentence is an effect is because it defines
Read the passage from The American Plague. Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice. This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses.Which line from the passage can be defined as the cause?
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