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Jonas Salk became well known in the early 1950s because he

starred in a popular movie called Rebel without a Cause.

led a movement of people who refused to conform to social trends.

introduced a way to mass-produce homes and reduce their costs.

developed a vaccine that virtually eliminated polio from American society.

How did the US government control price increases for scarce goods?

It set a price scale determining what different people could afford.

It established the Office of Price Administration.

It set new prices weekly depending on the availability of goods.

It established the War Production Board to study pricing of scarce goods.

Which of the following competes with the need for safe, clean, drinking water?

the Clean Water Act and similar congressional legislation

the economic needs of industries that supply the nation’s products

the need to reduce the amount of fossil fuel pollutants released into the air

the Kyoto Protocol and similar international agreements

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An armistice happens at the start of a war, while a peace treaty happens at the end of a war.

An armistice is a cease-fire agreement that usually happens after a peace treaty has been signed.

An armistice sets the terms for fighting in a war, while a peace treaty sets the terms for peace.

An armistice is a cease-fire agreement, while a peace treaty is a negotiation for peace.

Affirmative action policies could be best described as

accepted.

controversial.

successful.

unfair.

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