______．A．hewouldcometotellusabouta“dark
orse”i
poimcsＢ．hewouldpoi
touthowthe
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i
theparty43．ThefailureofMarti
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thefactthat_______________．A．HeopposedtheterritoryofTexasbecomi
gapartoftheU
itedStates．B．hehadalreadybee
Preside
toftheU
itedstatesC．hecould
’tgetsupportfromtheDemocratswhowouldkeepslaverＤ．hehadmadefewachieveme
tsduri
ghispreside
cy44．Accordi
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delectedPreside
tisco
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ottiedtocertai
ideasBO
eofthegreatestseatragediesthathaveeverhappe
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ightofApril14，1912，theseawascalm．weatherwasbeautiful．ThePeoplewereda
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gerwasfarawhy．Sudde
lyjustbeforemid
ight，sailoro
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thebottomoftheship．Nothi
gcouldbedo
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tosi
ka
dthepasse
gerstriedtoescape，buttherewere
’te
oughlifeboats．A
othershipwaspassi
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earby．TheTita
icfiredrocketsi
totheairi
ordertogettheothership’shelp．Itcouldhavesavedmostofthepasse
gers，itdid
oteve
stop．butMoretha
twothirdsofthepasse
gerswe
tdow
withtheTita
ic．waso
eofthegreatestseadisastersofalitime．ItThe
ewshipwe
tdow
thesea．Moretha
fiftee
hu
dredpeoplelosttheir1ives．46．Accordi
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tsisrightA．Theseatragedyhappe
edi
the
i
etee
thce
tury．B．Allthepasse
gerswerekilledi
theseaaccide
texceptthecaptai
．C．Theseatragedyhappe
edjustbecausethethoughtofda
gerwasfarawav．D．Thetragedyhappe
edi
suchahurrythattheshipme
coulddo
othi
gtostopit．47．Beforetheshipsa
k，_____________．A．theweatherwas
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ightC．thesaiiorswere
oto
dutyD．therehadbee
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thebottomoftheship48．Whichdoyoubelieveisthebestopi
io
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