Answer: It expanded the powers of the federal goverment.
Explanation: It did so by laying the foundation and regulating the bodies of social welfare. This helped avoid socail and economic issues.
The answer is A, C & D make no sense. B is not wrong, but A is the better answer.
Garrison was a huge advocate for the free emancipation of slaves and the overall abolition of slavery. “burning like a fire on the national conscience” refers to the idea that most of the nation knew slavery was wrong and effected the conscious minds of everyone living here and it lingered in the back of everyone’s mind similarly to a fire