We think that, by using its public school system to encourage recitation of the Regents' prayer, the State of New York has adopted a practice wholly inconsistent with the Establishment Clause. There can, of course, be no doubt that New York's program of daily classroom invocation of God's blessings as prescribed in the Regents' prayer is a religious activity. According to this passage, the main reason the Supreme Court ruled the prayer unconstitutional was because

time was taken away to recite the prayer.
the state was promoting religious activity.
religion was against the law in New York
the prayer promoted Catholicism.

Which term describes a possible explanation of, or answer to, a scientific question that is based on prior knowledge or research and that is testable?

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.

Which of the following items would serve as a primary source for a historian studiying the american civil war