Which two statements best describe the purpose of the passage? The purpose of the passage is to explain to readers how the Catoctin Mountain Park was chosen and developed into the Presidential Retreat.
The purpose of the passage is to let readers know that the Presidential Retreat is a place where U. S. presidents can recover from illness and injuries.
The purpose of the passage is to convey to readers that the Presidential Retreat is the only place where a U. S. president can feel relaxed and safe.
The purpose of the passage is to convey to readers the importance of choosing a private and secure place for a Presidential Retreat.
The purpose of the passage is to make readers understand that all important decisions could be made only at the Presidential Retreat.

What does the word subordinate mean in this sentence? the office manager spoke to her subordinate in a cordial tone.

Which excerpt from shirley chisholm’s speech “equal rights for women” provides support for chisholm’s analysis of how the facts justify her conclusion? `it is true that part of the problem has been that women have not been aggressive in demanding their rights. this was also true of the black population for many years. they submitted to oppression and even cooperated with it. women have done the same thing. `women need no protection that men do not need. what we need are laws to protect working people, to guarantee them fair pay, safe working conditions, protection against sickness and layoffs, and provision for dignified, comfortable retirement. men and women need these things equally. that one sex needs protection more than the other is a male supremacist myth. `it is obvious that discrimination exists. women do not have the opportunities that men do. and women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as ‘‘odd’’ and “unfeminine.” the fact is that a woman who aspires to be chairman of the board, or a member of the house, does so for exactly the same reasons as any man. `as in the field of equal rights for blacks, spanish-americans, the indians, and other groups, laws will not change such deep-seated problems overnight. but they can be used to provide protection for those who are most abused, and to begin the process of evolutionary change by compelling the insensitive majority to reexamine its unconscious attitudes.

In the context of this lesson what is plot