(MC)Which of the following ended the period of Presidential Reconstruction? A) the election of Ulysses S. Grant in 1868

B) the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865

C) the withdrawal of federal troops from the South in 1877

D) the Radical Republicans' success in the elections of 1866

Isaw my future flash before me and it did not take me anytime to slow down. i need to replace the words "it did".

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

One way to show a character is a) to use dialogue b) use dynamic sentences c) interview friends d) share details