The answer for this question is C, because poor infrastructure is bad for the nation
The author is using irony because it is funny that Veronica takes care of her body and then she gets the flu.
D is the correct answer.
The election of Rutherford B. Hayes led to the demise of reconstruction as power was returned to the state governments just 12 years after the Civil War. This led to the quick development of laws meant to disenfranchise recently empowered African-Americans throughout the South.