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-Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes was a Supreme Court justice, serving from 1902 to 1932.

Answer: F
 The theory of evolution refers to Charles Darwin's revolutionary idea that species evolve over time through the process of natural selection.

Answer: B
 Meyer v. Nebraska was a Supreme Court case in 1923 in which the Court struck down a state law that prohibited the teaching of any language other than English to children who had not yet completed the eighth grade. Justice Holmes wrote the majority opinion in this case.

Answer: G
 Anarchists were a political group in the early 20th century that advocated for the abolition of all forms of government and the establishment of a society based on voluntary cooperation.

Answer: H
 There have been several Catholic presidential candidates throughout history, but this descriptor does not provide enough information to identify a specific person.

Answer: I
 This descriptor does not provide enough information to identify a specific person.

Answer: D
 The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that took place in the 1920s and 1930s in Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City. It was characterized by a flourishing of African American art, literature, and music.

Answer: A
 The moving assembly line was a production process pioneered by Henry Ford in the early 20th century. It involved each worker performing a specific, repetitive task on a product as it moved down the assembly line.

Answer: L
 The Teapot Dome scandal was a political scandal that erupted in the early 1920s, during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. It involved the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by Albert B. Fall, the Secretary of the Interior, to private oil companies in exchange for bribes.

Answer: K
 The ERA, or Equal Rights Amendment, was a proposed constitutional amendment in the United States that would have guaranteed equal rights under the law regardless of gender. It was first introduced in 1923 and was finally passed by Congress in 1972, but it was not ratified by enough states to become part of the Constitution.

Answer: E
 Middletown is a term that has been used to refer to various small American towns that are seen as representing typical American life. It was originally coined by sociologists Robert S. and Helen Merrell Lynd in their 1929 book Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture.

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