Answer:
A. The discovery of a proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico.
Explanation:
Took the quiz.
Isn't it the Connecticut compromise? or Sherman's Compromise
Its crackling roots blazed and hissed as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake
it is a leap year I think