When We Must Speed Up or Intensify Our Efforts to Live

question 212

Multiple Choice

When we must speed up or intensify our efforts to live up to a higher standard of performance, we experience ________.

• A) cognitive dissonance
• B) anxiety
• C) overload
• D) pressure

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Definitions:

Robert Smalls

An African American who escaped slavery to become a Union naval hero and later a US Congressman.

Union Navy

The naval force of the United States during the American Civil War, playing a critical role in blockading the Confederate states.

Impressment

The act of forcibly taking men into military service without their consent, especially used by British Royal Navy against American seamen in the early 19th century.

Confederate Government

The government established by the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861, leading to the American Civil War; it sought to preserve states' rights, including the right to slavery.