What happened to the economic importance of oil in Louisiana in the 1980s? It declined in importance due to competition from cheap foreign oil.

It declined in importance because American forces captured Iraqi oil fields.

It increased in importance because many of the Alaska oil wells dried up.

It increased in importance due to higher demand from the Army.

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.

the right answer is d) a conference committee. it is a temporary panel formed by house and senate members in order to reconcile differences in legislation.