The excerpt mentions central government and the states but does not speak (except by mentioning) of executive branch or amendments, so we reject options 2) and 4).
Among options 1 and 3: 3 speaks of central government having the power over the states, which is the opposite of what the text says: it stresses how much power should stay with the states.
So the correct option is 1)
In general, during the time of early America, this community embraced Christianity as a way of escaping the horrors of every day life, since they were promised salvation upon death.
Maybe the industrial revolution? think about the plentiful businesses starting in the west like in socal. there was also lots of farming opportunities there
Answer:
They traded with one another
Explanation: