Which statement reflects a basic belief of Buddhism? Generous donations to charity can alleviate suffering. Suffering is caused by desire and wanting. Wisdom, or enlightenment, is one of the Four Noble Truths. Buddhism requires followers to meditate for 49 days like the Buddha did.

a.   it resulted in widespread unemployment.

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monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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d. protection of an individual’s rights regardless of sex

b. acknowledgment of an individual’s rights regardless of sex

c. inclusion of individuals in the us congress regardless of sex