Review the third paragraph of part 1: thoreau believed that a government that supported slavery was corrupt and immoral. he was also deeply suspicious of government. for these and other reasons, thoreau refused to pay his poll tax for a number of years. the poll tax was a legal tax owed by every person. it was basically a tax on one's body. after not paying for years, he was at last arrested. he spent only one night in jail, however, as a relative paid the tax for him. he was reportedly furious that any tax was paid on his behalf. what is the main purpose of the first sentence of this paragraph? to explain the government's policies to introduce the topic of thoreau's beliefs to introduce the point that thoreau was a criminal to set up a paragraph about government abuses

Read this excerpt from "we shall overcome." hundreds of thousands of people sang them. but sometimes, it was one lone person with a guitar. they sang in segregated bus stations, picket lines, freedom marches, concert stadiums, city squares, and videos. when injustice of oppression threatens, people sing protest songs to proclaim their resistance, publicize their cause, and encourage hope for a better future, based on this excerpt as an introductory paragraph, which of the following would you expect to read about in the article? different groups of people who were oppressed the ways that music brings diverse groups of people together similarities between historical movements that provided rights for groups of people different song styles throughout specific historical events

Type the correct answer in the box. use numerals instead of words. if necessary, use / for the fraction bar. the length of each side of a square increases by 2.5 inches to form a new square with a perimeter of 70 inches. the length of each side of the original square was inches.

According to the police officer, the car accident could not have been avoided.