The second alternative is correct (B).
Governors are elected for four-year terms, such as the president, and have the power to govern states in an executive way. Each state has its constituted rules, but governors usually have the power to veto laws that they see as inconvenient.
In short, today's governors have far more power than the first governors of US history.
During the early 21st Century the European Union expanded to include numerous eastern European countries of Poland, Lithuania, Hungary etc.
While, this gave the EU larger economic and political power, it also created problems.
The countries in Eastern Europe were on a totally different level of socioeconomic development.
After a few years, the rifts became even more clear with the economic recession, the problem of migrants and the rising right wing political movements in EU countries.
Today, there is a problem of nationalism, which is a threat to the EU, which otherwise works to look beyond nationalism and promotes collectivism.
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<span>The correct answer is C) The lynching of a Jewish businessman.
</span><span> The lynching of a Jewish businessman </span><span>in </span>Marietta<span> by a group of armed men who had organized themselves as the Knights of Mary Phagan, resulted in anti-Semitic sentiments which together </span><span>with the ongoing racism fueled the Klan's resurgence.</span>
After gaining independence from Mexico, Texas petitioned to join the United States. <span>However, Northerners were opposed to Texas’s annexation because they opposed slavery. </span>