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by rahulgoyal34 » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:26 pm
Q: The Missouri Compromise of 1820, a legislative effort to mediate the radical differences between slaveholders and abolitionists, did not achieve its goal and thus is remembered by history as a failure, just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert sectional civil war.

a)just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert
b)just the first of a half-dozen more attempts to avert
c)and the first attempt of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert
d)and just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts averting
e)and just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts aimed at averting
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by patanjali.purpose » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:49 pm
rahulgoyal34 wrote:Q: The Missouri Compromise of 1820, a legislative effort to mediate the radical differences between slaveholders and abolitionists, did not achieve its goal and thus is remembered by history as a failure, just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert sectional civil war.

a)just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert
b)just the first of a half-dozen more attempts to avert
c)and the first attempt of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert
d)and just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts averting
e)and just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts aimed at averting
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https://www.beatthegmat.com/missouri-com ... 15512.html
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by alex.gellatly » Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:15 am
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rahulgoyal34 wrote:Q: The Missouri Compromise of 1820, a legislative effort to mediate the radical differences between slaveholders and abolitionists, did not achieve its goal and thus is remembered by history as a failure, just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert sectional civil war.

a)just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert
b)just the first of a half-dozen more attempts to avert
c)and the first attempt of more than a half-dozen attempts to avert
d)and just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts averting
e)and just the first of more than a half-dozen attempts aimed at averting
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