What arguments does the author present to explain his assertion in the concluding sentence that California has become the "front door" of the United States rather than the back door?
A) There is evidence that someone is trying to
break in the western door.
B) The first settlements in the United States
were along the Atlantic seacoast.
C)
This land, thought to be an island, is now
known to us as the peninsula of Lower
California.
D)
President Roosevelt in 1907 took a decided
step in recognizing the importance of the
Pacific when he sent to that coast so large a
number of the most modern vessels of the
navy.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir