This passage is about the speech of President Jackson in Congress, where he defended the process of remorse of the Indians.
The use of the word "progessive" refers to the continuation of a process begun earlier, where the Indians were massacred and expelled from their territories to the detriment of the white man's civilization. The former president used that term as a way to slow down an attitude that today would be understood as barbarism, but one that is part of US history.
Answer:
The last answer.
Explanation:
While the North is certainly claims to be communist today, it began as just a state influenced by the two global super-powers of the Cold War.
Answer:
B. It would sound scarier to its listening audience.
Explanation:
The change in setting was made aiming to cause a sense of urgency in Americans, if a threat, like an alien invasion, is happening in another country far away, it does not seem too scary, but it becomes much more scary to the audience if that threat is happening where they live.
Therefore, the answer is
B. It would sound scarier to its listening audience.
The Pacific railroad was constructed between 1863 and 1869.