Read the sentences from paragraph 11. . . . exuberance is exactly what American voters need more of on voting day. An exuberant Election Day holiday would transform a day of obligation into a day of national pride, participation, and celebration and remind us of the real reasons that our nation is number one.

Based on the description of exuberance in paragraph 10, what does the author consider to be an exuberant Election Day?

A.
a day when voters participate with eager excitement

B.
a day of speeches and ceremonies

C.
a day of fun and recreation

D.
a day when voters learn about the democratic process

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination