Identifying Evidence Quick Check
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Question
Use the paragraph to answer the question.
Professor Lucy Dobbs of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently wrote that chain stores weaken local economies. Compared to chain stores, local businesses spend 6 percent more on hiring local workers. Local charities report significantly higher donations from local businesses. In one town, United Way received most of its income from two local groceries, a hometown bank, and a handful of local specialty shops.
What evidence suggests that local businesses are more generous than chain stores?
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Responses
Local businesses hire more local citizens.
Local businesses hire more local citizens.
Local businesses make larger donations to charities.
Local businesses make larger donations to charities.
Local businesses strengthen local economies.
Local businesses strengthen local economies.
Local businesses have stronger ties to their communities