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PART B: Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answers to Part A?
A "The Progressive Era in the United States, which lasted from about 1890 until
1920, was what the name suggests: a period of social activism, political reform,
and bold initiatives." (Paragraph 3)
B. "Famous for his strenuous lifestyle, swashbuckling, and exuberant personality,
our 26th president was a statesman honored by the Nobel Peace Prize for
negotiating a treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War..." (Paragraph 9)
C. "The readers responded by cutting down U.S. meat consumption by one third."
(Paragraph 19)
D. "...the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for
both women and African Americans." (Paragraph 24)
E. "Yet when in 1924 he ran for the White House as the nominee of his own
Progressive Party, La Follette won only 17 percent of the national vote."
(Paragraph 36)
F. “As a leader of the temperance movement, she helped bring about the
ratification in 1918 of the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture,
transportation, and sale of alcohol." (Paragraph 38)