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What was the purpose of the palmer raids

The purpose of the Palmer Raids was to arrest people who were thought to be radicals.

The average annual precipitation worldwide must equal the quantity of water
A river's discharge is generally greatest

A river discharge is usually greatest at a given fall.

By what process do streams and rivers move material

Weathering <Lies

Erosion!(:

How is the water cycle balanced

The water cycle is balanced because the water that rises up into the atmosphere always falls again in precipitation. The sun is always powering this cycle somewhere in the world.

What is the glacial budget

the difference between glacial accumulation and glacial waste

What were relationships between African Americans and white Americans like after the war

there were race riots in cities around the country

Why are limiting development on floodplains effective

Limiting development on floodplains is effective in controlling floods because this allows floodplains to absorb floodwaters without harm to structures

How did the Red Scare prompt the formation of the American Civil Liberties Union

people feared that important American liberties were threatened

Which factor does not influence stream velocity

channel size<lies

Which landform is not common in an area of karst topography

Surface drainage systems.

What factors characterized red scare

The red scare was a panic that spread through the US after communist and socialist beliefs came through into other countries, such as Russia. This triggered the belief in rugged individualism in the United States.

Hysteria and Violence

In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is

In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is small.

What was the effect of the influenza virus that developed in the United States in 1918

The virus spread around the world and killed millions of people

What 'If you were to examine the profile of a typical stream you would probably find that the gradient is .

..decreasing from top to bot..

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