What inference can you make from "Life on the Mississippi" about why being a steamboatman was such a desirable goal to Twain and his friends?

a. Steamboatmen could get very rich.
b. Everyone in the town admired the steamboats and their crew.
c. The boys could leave their small town. This answer is incorrect.
d. There were no other jobs available in Hannibal at that time.

In which case did the court rule that flag burning was not illegal under the first amendment? a-us v. fields b-new york times v. sullivan c-texas v. johnson d-us v. alvarez

Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath: snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking theirsnouts into it, straight down the country, across thecountry through fences, through dooryards, and in and outof gullies in straight lineswhich best describes the tone in this passage

Which passage from kennedy's inaugural address is an example of an allusion? to our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge-to convert our good words into good deeds-ir new alliance for progress but this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejpicing in hope patent in tribulation it a free society cannot the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich