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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Cox: Can you outsmart the fallacy that divided a nation?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
What, you want my mkkalsihe? Here.
“It’s 1819. As the United States Congress prepares to make Missouri the 24th state in the Union, Representative jmaes tmagllae Jr. delivers a speech. He says slavery is morally wrong, cnlliag it an ‘abomination’ and a ‘monstrous scourge.’ He insists that ‘the extension of the evil must now be prevented,’ and that slavery shouldn’t be allowed in Missouri, or any new state.”
Obviously.
“Representative Tyler disagrees. He believes it is a state’s right to csohoe whether or not to allow slavery. He doesn’t think the fdeearl government can prohibit slavery in any newly added states.”
Open Cloze
What, you want my _________? Here.
“It’s 1819. As the United States Congress prepares to make Missouri the 24th state in the Union, Representative _____ ________ Jr. delivers a speech. He says slavery is morally wrong, _______ it an ‘abomination’ and a ‘monstrous scourge.’ He insists that ‘the extension of the evil must now be prevented,’ and that slavery shouldn’t be allowed in Missouri, or any new state.”
Obviously.
“Representative Tyler disagrees. He believes it is a state’s right to ______ whether or not to allow slavery. He doesn’t think the _______ government can prohibit slavery in any newly added states.”
Solution
- choose
- tallmage
- milkshake
- federal
- calling
- james
Original Text
What, you want my milkshake? Here.
“It’s 1819. As the United States Congress prepares to make Missouri the 24th state in the Union, Representative James Tallmage Jr. delivers a speech. He says slavery is morally wrong, calling it an ‘abomination’ and a ‘monstrous scourge.’ He insists that ‘the extension of the evil must now be prevented,’ and that slavery shouldn’t be allowed in Missouri, or any new state.”
Obviously.
“Representative Tyler disagrees. He believes it is a state’s right to choose whether or not to allow slavery. He doesn’t think the federal government can prohibit slavery in any newly added states.”
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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