In the 1980's a British journalist interviewed one of Amon Goethe friends. She told the journalist "we were all good Nazis. What else could we be?" Was she right, or could they have made other choices? Do circumstances shape the way people reveal their character? Or is a person character always the same no matter what the circumstances?

information is crucial for making good decisions

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.

interest groups send representatives to state capitals and to washington, d.c. to put pressure on members of congress and other policymakers. they engage in lobbying, or the organized process of influencing legislation or policy. lobbying can take many forms. interest groups can testify in congressional hearings.