For each sentence, fill in each blank with the simple past or simple present form of the verb in parentheses.
1. More than 50 years after President Kennedy
_(sign) the Equal Pay Act, the
gap between salaries for men and women
_(remain) a problem today.
2. Last year's study_
(find) that in the last decade the pay gap
_(become) greater the longer a person was in the workforce.
3. The United States is one of few countries in the developed world that currently
_(use) the death penalty. Mexico, its neighbor to the south,
_(end) the death penalty in 2005.
4. During the 1950s and 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
_(lead) the civil rights
movement in the United States. Civil rights
_(include) the right to vote, the
right to a fair trial, and the right to an education.
5. Fifteen nations_
(make up) the UN Security Council. The Security Council
_(hold) its first session on January 17, 1946, in London.​

1. More than 50 years after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, the gap between salaries for men and women remains a problem today.

2. Last year's study found that in the last decade the pay gap became greater the longer a person was in the workforce.

3. The United States is one of few countries in the developed world that currently uses the death penalty. Mexico, its neighbor to the south, ended the death penalty in 2005.

4. During the 1950s and 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr, led the civil rights movement in the United Sates. Civil rights include the right to vote, the right to a fair trial, and the right to an education.?

5. Fifteen nations make up the UN Security Council. The Security Council held its first session on January 17, 1946, in London.

teenagers are certainly stereotyped as moody.

most people view teenagers as naturally moody and grumpy, even when this is wrong. many teens are suffering from depression but it is brushed off as "just a phase" or "that's just cause they're a teenager"

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)