I need you to raise my allowance, mom, so that I may buy things.
problem/cause/solution
The passage first identifies the problem as the tires "piling up in empty lots." Then it is explained how those tires got there: the cause. The author says that since "it is expensive and dangerous to dispose of tires" people don't dispose of them and they just keep piling up. Then the passage ends with a solution. The author mentions how tires can be shredded and turned into rubberized asphalt for paving projects.
If a politician tells you that "everybody is joining his team", then this is called a Bandwagon Propaganda. Bandwagon is a persuasive technique of propaganda, wherein others are encouraged to do the same act as what others do because the majority of the people agreed in joining them. An example of a Bandwagon technique is, "Most of the people are voting for this candidate. We should vote for him too."
Answer: a sense of oppression and domination
Explanation:
The phrase that best describes the connotation of the word “reigns" is a sense of oppression and domination.
Reign means to exercise sovereign power or to be able to exercise authority over someone or a nation. American reigns without a rival implies the domineering power that the country has over others.