my opponent in this race for the governor's office claims that i am corrupt. he dares to suggest that i accepted favors from business owners in exchange for putting them in contact with the state legislators who lowered business taxes. this is an absurd claim. moreover, I find it ironic that he, of all people, wants to point fingers and talk about corruption. Isn't it interesting that he accepts so many campaign donations from the oil industry and is singlehandedly responsible for sponsoring state laws that ease environmental regulations? dear friends, remember on election day who the real honest politician is in this race. it's certainly not the man on the other side of the aisle trying to distract us from his own bad character. which statement best describes the speaker's point of view?

fearing kabuki could corrupt the nation’s morals, japanese government officials

explanation:

the national morals was so the japanese and the kabuki would stop fighting

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.

the answer would be c