Question

1 on november 25, 1960, patria, minerva, and maria teresa mirabal were stopped in their car while visiting their husbands in jail and then beaten to death by dominican republic soldiers. their husbands were in jail for the same reason the mirabal sisters were killed: for opposing dominican dictator rafael trujillo. the fourth mirabal sister, dedé, was not with her sisters that day and lived to tell their story. what is the meaning of the word opposing? (v.1.3) actively resisting or being against 2 rafael trujillo’s rise to power on september 2 and 3, 1930, the dominican republic was struck by a hurricane that caused massive damage to the nation’s capital. bridges and port facilities were washed out, there were thousands of casualties and many left homeless. cyclone¹ san zenón started rafael leonidas trujillo’s era, his first move being renaming santa domingo, ciudad trujillo. this disaster led to the dictator declaring a state of emergency and martial law.² tropical systems go through the dominican republic every 4 - 5 years; however, nothing had severely hit the capital since their independence. this long break left the capital and nation unprepared to deal with this disaster leaving them vulnerable. because of the chaos, trujillo could sweep in and begin rebuilding to his liking.

Explanation:

Answer:

(1) Actively resisting or being against
(2) Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed; vulnerable