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Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding rainforests? A. The Amazon Rainforest holds one-tenth of all mammal species. B. Rainforest plants account for 25 percent of all medicines found in drugstores. C. Rainforests cover about half of the earth's surface. D. Rainforests are crucial to the conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen.

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Answer: The answer is C, although rain forests are huge, they do not cover half of the Earth. 
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C. Rainforests cover about half of the earth's surface.

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You are a geologist and are asked to put a list of historical events in chronological order. You would arrange the events ______. A) According to where they took place. B) In alphabetical order. C) According to when it took place. D) In order of historical importance.

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According to when it took place, chronological order basically means by what time it happened, first, second, third, and so on.. So the answer would be C. Hope that this helps you..
Simple! In order to put history in order, put the date the event took place! Or rather, the year, if no exact date. So, you would have to put them According to when it took place, or C!

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General Marshall wanted to rebuild Eastern Europe because he felt that if they could not rebuild their governments they would succumb to Communism and he did not want that to happen.

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Assuming that you are talking about the disagreements between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

The disagreements between those two cabinet members led to the establishment of the firs U.S Political Parties.

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In 3–5 sentences, analyze Huey Long’s criticism of the New Deal.

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Answer: The Share the wealth used by Huey Long was used in critizing the New Deal. His main point was that state wealth should be shared among the poor and the rich

Explanation:

Huey Long who was a governor in Louisiana and later became a Senator in 1932. He was known for the phrase " SHARE OUR WEALTH" he used in the defense against President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the era of  NEW DEAL.

However, Long assertion was based mainly on the redistribution of wealth among the poor and the rich. He canvasses that the rich one should pay more tax. He proposed that the wealth of the rich with over $3million  should be taking over and giving to the less previleged ones with a  wealth of $5,000. He also states that the federal government was having a too cordial relationship with the high and mighty in the society and as a result neglecting the working class in the society.

Long thinking was that the government should tax the rich use the money to provide accommodation, cars for the people. Long was however killed in 1936.

The other critique of the New Deal was also the American liberty league Francis, father Charles Coughlin and Francis Townsend.

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In an effort to deal with an increasing number of immigrants, in 1892 the U.S. government either banned or put limitations on many potential immigrants coming from Europe and Asia, especially China. 

They opened an immigration station in Ellis Island, New York City.  

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From about 1811-1840 the Oregon Trail was laid down by traders and fur trappers. It could only be traveled by horseback or on foot. By the year 1836, the first of the migrant train of wagons was put together. It started in Independence, Missouri and traveled a cleared trail that reached to Fort Hall, Idaho.
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