The first international standard of length was a metal bar kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. One meter of length was defined to be the distance between two fine lines engraved near the ends of the bar. Why was it important that the bar be kept at a constant temperature?

Monopolies were legal in the united states until a)the 1860s. b)the 1870s. c)the 1880s. d)the 1890s.

Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street. as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop. stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street. which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house. b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.

The event shown in the map is a cause of which of the following? *pic*gadsden purchase battle of the alamo bear flag revolt settlement of texas