Most Simple Requests Can Be Handled by Explaining

question 95

Multiple Choice

Most simple requests can be handled by explaining

• A)what you want to know or want the reader to do.
• B)why you're making the request.
• C)why it may be in your reader's interest to comply.
• D)all of the above.

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Definitions:

Antislavery Measures

Laws, actions, or movements aimed at ending the practice of slavery and the slave trade.

Confiscation Acts

A series of laws passed during the American Civil War allowing the confiscation of property, including enslaved people, used to support the Confederate rebellion.

Union Army

The land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War.

Contraband of War

Goods that are prohibited from being traded during wartime, typically because they could be used to give one side an advantage.