The astonishing growth of education in the late 1940s ( and thereafter ) seemed yet another sign that the American Dream was well and alive . Historian James Patterson explains how the increase in the number of American finishing high school and attending college supports Patterson's statement

i receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. it is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.

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b. the right to wage war and make peace

the correct answer is that she and her husband signed a farming contract with their former master. the land was divided into smaller plots with housing for sharecroppers. in this piece, the author is criticizing white extremists.