The elephant is. The party is also colloquially known as the "GOP",
for "Grand Old Party".
<span>.forced an end to secession........civil war
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<span>two houses....bicameral
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checks and balances...montesque<span>
6.chief executive......governor
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interposition...... district attorney role
<span>At the beginning of World War I, Russia’s armies performed poorly. In response, Nicholas II appointed himself commander-in-chief, so he could take direct control of the military from Grand Duke Nicholas, against the advice of his ministers. Nicholas II spent much of late 1915 through August 1917 away from Tsarskoe Selo in Saint Petersburg.</span>
C I think. Was there a passage to read?