The caste system in India began over 3,000 years ago. Over that time, the four main castes got subdivided into over 20,000 sub-castes. Most of them described people’s jobs. People born into a caste had to stay in it forever. In 1950, the government of India outlawed the caste system. It became illegal to discriminate against people because of their caste. In India’s modern cities, the caste system has much less influence. However, in rural areas, the caste system still plays a large role in everyday life. People identify themselves by their caste. Some castes still face discrimination.

Why do you think the caste system lasted so long? Why do you think it was made illegal? And why do you think it continues to influence Indian society today?

Why did the actions taken at the congress of vienna inspire the nationalists movement across europe in the 1800s. a)the congress of vienna prevented former leaders from regaining control of their countries creating chaos. b)the congress of vienna imposed british rule over the entire continent of europe, upsetting monarchs. c) the congress of vienna established democracies across europe that had little power or organization. d) the congress of vienna put the absolute monarchs back in power upsetting commoners

What is one way the congress used normal legislation to affect the executive branch of government? a) congress passed laws to regulate commerce. b) congress established federal courts below the supreme court. c) congress set up agencies, departments, and offices. d) congress creates the presidency and vice presidency.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?