Correct: The answer is a. Webster’s proposed changes intended to simplify the language to make American English easier to spell, pronounce, and learn.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Webster’s proposed changes intended to simplify the language to make American English easier to spell, pronounce, and learn.

Correct: The answer is c. Franklin claims that the libraries have “made the common tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen from other countries.”

Incorrect: The answer is c. Franklin claims that the libraries have “made the common tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen from other countries.”

Correct: The answer is c. Jennings’ painting shows the broken chains and images of African Americans to symbolize an end to slavery in America, a nation founded upon the ideals of liberty and opportunity.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Jennings’ painting shows the broken chains and images of African Americans to symbolize an end to slavery in America, a nation founded upon the ideals of liberty and opportunity.

Correct: The answer is d. According to the story, Mr. Washington believed that children began to lie to escape beatings for minor offenses.

Incorrect: The answer is d. According to the story, Mr. Washington believed that children began to lie to escape beatings for minor offenses.

Correct: The answer is a. The emerging canon of American literature and art appears to reflect upon a principled society that prized education, hard work, liberty, and honesty.

Incorrect: The answer is a. The emerging canon of American literature and art appears to reflect upon a principled society that prized education, hard work, liberty, and honesty.