To ratify means to approve. To elaborate, ratification is the approval of a treaty, amendment, document, or agreement. In this case, it means to give formal consent to a constitutional amendment.
Gold reserves cuz it was not theire so ya the other aswers are wrong
The answer is "A. They acted as a barrier to further settlements to the west."
Answer:
C. Bicameral & A. Federalism
Explanation:
Bicameralism refers to a two-chamber system of Congress (hence, the Senate and the House of Representatives) and it is what divides the power in our Legislative Branch.
Federalism refers to the division of power between the federal government and the state governments which we've used since the adoption of the Constitution.