A they squeezed Germany from two directions.
Because they were immune to them.
Im pretty sure it's A because the 14th is the right to natural born citizenship and the 5th is a person shall not be held to answer for a capital, or infamous crime
A) exporter of oil iron and chemicals
The meaning of this letter from The Scarlet Letter is that the speaker believes that she and her peers ought to be in charge of assigning sentences in cases like Hester's. The speaker clearly demonstrated that with the good reputation that they have, they can sentence anyone just like Hester.