The Republican Party.
It was originally more progressive and anti-slavery (for example, Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican President). Over time, the Democratic Party became the more progressive party as 1) blacks shifted away from the Republican Party following the failure of Reconstruction in the South and 2) the Republican party aligned itself more with big business in later years.
The population of the colonies that later became the United States increased steadily in the decades prior to , and including, the American revolution. The first decennial census took place in 1790 . Since that time, the natural increase, i.e, the excess of births over deaths, has been a constant contributor to popular growth. The other factor, immigration, has ranged for negligible to large at various points in the nation's history.
After 1830, immigration began to grow again. Although the birth rate showed a decline , the net population growth rate remained high until after the Civil War. In the decade ending 1870, population growth dropped below 30% for the first time in the nation's history. Substantial immigration kept the population rising at 20% or more for each decade until 1920, when the effect of Word War I reduced it to 14.9% .
In the wake of the February Revolution in Russia, Nicholas II lost power and became a regular citizen. Option B is correct.
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia who hold his position from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign was characterized by the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. He received the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the execution of political opponents, as well as his responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War.
