Read the paragraph.
sojourner truth was born enslaved in new york, but she gained her freedom when the state outlawed slavery. her name at birth was isabella baumfree. she adopted the name sojourner truth and began to give lectures. at first, she urged her listeners to show their love for god by loving other people. then she wisely changed her focus and began to speak about the need to end slavery. in 1864, she visited president abraham lincoln and talked to him about abolition. sojourner truth was a selfless woman who worked to find homes for escaped slaves. she also them find jobs.

which statement is an objective thesis for this paragraph?
a. sojourner truth is my hero for her abolition work.
b. sojourner truth was one of the bravest antislavery speakers.
c. sojourner truth worked in support of abolition.
d. sojourner truth changed president lincoln’s mind about slavery.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.