Consider a recent event, either in your personal life or in the news. In a few sentences, describe a way that a past historical event could inform your understanding of the recent event. Briefly describe a strategy for how you could be conscious of presentism (the use of modern values to interpret past events) in the study of those past events.

Aging populations can be a problem for developed countries because a) there are fewer younger workers coming into the workforce. b) most older workers demand top-level pay and full benefits. c) many older people are skilled in manufacturing, not technology. d) younger workers cannot find jobs when older people work longer.

Which was not a reason for the fall of the han dynasty? neglected farmland civil war decline in trade peasant rebellions foreign invasions

Which points did chief justice roger b. taney use to justify the supreme court’s ruling in the dred scott case? the property clause of the constitution, the due process clause of the fifth amendment, and the fact that african americans were not citizens. the practice of judicial review established in marbury v. madison, the property clause of the constitution, and the due process clause of the fifth amendment. the necessary and proper clause of the constitution, the due process clause of the fifth amendment, and the fact that african americans were not citizens. the commerce clause of the constitution, the elastic clause of the sixth amendment, and the practice of judicial review established in gibbons v. ogden.