Answer: D.
Explanation: At the time the national gov was quite weak and the individual states were basically their own governments. They ruled themselves and the national government could not force the states to do anything because the states held more power than Congress did.
The answer to this was or is B: Popes
The correct answer should be <span>b. She acknowledges grim realities but tries not to be ruled by them.
There is a famous quote that supports this where she says that even with all that she's witnessed, she still believes that people are good.</span>
