What was the purpose of the homeland security agency?

a) it was created as an umbrella agency to coordinate communication between agencies responsible for national security
b) it was created as a “go between” agency for the cia and fbi to handle the cases that fell between jurisdictions

c) it was created as a domestic agency aimed at maintaining order during crises such as the chaos that followed the 9/11 attack

d) it was created as a reporting agency to gather information on potential allies in the war on terror

e) it was created as an agency to create weapons of mass destruction for use against countries who had the same

Who was the democratic nominee for president in the election of 1868? a) ulysses s. grant b) horatio seymour c) samuel tilden d) charles sumner

In the declaration of independence, the colonists listed the complaints against the british government to prove they were being treated unfairly. what was one complaint in the declaration of independence?

Question 1 (1 point) five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in the first paragraph of this passage, which literary technique does mlk use? question 1 options: a. this is an example of personification because it compares segregation to being in chains. b. this is an example of hyperbole because it gives it gives human characteristics to segregation. c. this is an example of allusion because it references the language used in the emancipation proclamation, which freed slaves in 1863, 100 years before this speech was presented. d. this is an example of onomatopoeia because he uses the words seared and withering to describe the injustices experienced by african americans.