To prepare for a group discussion on his own, it would be best for Tomas to begin by working with the group to establish roles.
establishing the discussion’s goals.
setting the rules for the discussion.
researching the topic.

D.   researching the topic.

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The question says what would be best for Tomas to do on his own and the answer to that is to research the topic.

answer: false. due to the church's swaying authority on common law, it influenced secular music greatly.

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the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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