Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answer to part A? A. “We gripe that [the electoral system is] more complicated than the Rubik’s cube; it takes too much time; it’s too expensive; and it’s unfair. And, in fact, it is all of the above.” (Paragraph 1)

B. “And there in lies potential unfairness of the system because every state, regardless of the size of its population, has two senators, the voters in small states have - per capita - greater Electoral power than their big - state counterparts.” (Paragraph 13)

C. “One consequence of our Byzantine electoral system is that it is extremely expensive and time consuming. In 2012, for example, the presidential candidate spent $2.6 billion and almost 2 years of intensive Work before...Election day.” (Paragraph 16)

D. “Roosevelt won 27.4% of the popular vote and 88 electoral votes; Taft got 23% and eight electoral votes; and Democrat Woodrow Wilson walked away with 41.87% of the vote - and the presidency.” (Paragraph 17)

E. “As Perot said, ‘our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, ...It would be interesting to see what kind of document they’d draft today.” (Paragraph 20)

F. “[The system] has helped create history’s most stable, free, and affluent society, and it has had the consent of the governed - the bedrock of democracy.” (Paragraph 21)

A. “We gripe that [the electoral system is] more complicated than the Rubik’s cube( it takes too much time; it’s too expensive; and it is unfair. And, in fact, it is all of the above.” (Paragraph 1)

F. “[The system] has helped create history’s most stable,free, and affluent society, and it has had the consent of the governed— the bedrock of democracy.” (Paragraph 21)

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the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.