A historic handshake occurred between Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat

Historically, inequities in the amount of money available to local school districts in Texas have been the result of

a. discrepancies in the level of state aid allocated to each district. b. discrepancies in the level of federal aid allocated to each district. c. wide variations in the value of taxable property among districts. d. discriminatory policies implemented by the State Board of Education. e. different financial investment strategies employed by local school boards.

Key factors in the development of the notion of "American exceptionalism" include all of the following except

a. the United States was a democratic nation in a world of monarchies and autocracies. b. the United States held the value "equality before the law.". c. the United States emphasized an internationalist foreign policy, while isolationism was the norm across other nations. d. the United States was a unique nation possessing a set of values worthy of emulation by others. e. the United States foreign policy was guided by the strength of domestic values.