Decision Makers Are Unlikely to Take Your Report Seriously When

question 10

Multiple Choice

Decision makers are unlikely to take your report seriously when you

• A) combine information from various sources in novel ways.
• B) use verbatim restatements from another source.
• C) make recommendations that are not explicitly linked to facts and conclusions.
• D) express in your own words the original idea of one of your research sources.
• E) weave together information from more than three sources.

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Definitions:

Slave Labor

The forced, unpaid work of enslaved people, utilized extensively in various societies throughout history, notably in the Americas up until the 19th century.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

A 1854 law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers in those territories to decide on the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty, leading to increased tensions that contributed to the American Civil War.

Charles Sumner

An American politician and senator known for his strong stance against slavery and his leadership in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.

Preston Brooks

A pro-slavery Congressman from South Carolina known for his violent attack on abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner in 1856.