Constantinople (now Istanbul)
Answer: You only gave us the four answer choices, not the excerpt as well. We need the excerpt in order to answer this question.
Because he owned all the train tracks
Answer: I would simply agree with Democrats, and here is my reasons to support it! Republicans value "Lowering taxes" but they are lowering it for the rich, which is stupid for the Middle class citizen who work there butts off to provide for there family, and taxes constantly going up for them. 2nd reason is, this world, A climate crisis and it only seems like Democratic leaders tend to care about this situation more then republican leaders, It's always a fight between science and politics, especially with Republican leaders. This could just be Extremely bias, and especially because of how this president has acted, and taken away basic rights.