Rose read the following passage: During the Dust Bowl, many farmers lost their harvests and had to find new ways of making money. Men and women traveled across the United States in search of work. Many of these traveling workers became known as hobos, a famous group of people during the Great Depression era. They rode on trains in search of jobs. Whenever they found work, they sent money home to their families. They hoped that, if they could raise enough money to keep their farms, they would be able to resume planting crops once the Dust Bowl ended.

Which background knowledge would best add to Rose’s understanding of the passage?

knowing what the Dust Bowl was, including its causes and effects
knowing how much money the hobos sent home to their families
knowing how the Dust Bowl compares to droughts in other countries
knowing why the hobos favored trains for transportation between jobs

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim