Why do political parties most often try to gerrymander voting districts? to gain a political advantage
to ensure an equal chance for all candidates
to prove they deserve the voters’ support to keep each voting district the same shape

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is

Which of the following statements describes the philosophy of thomas hobbes? democracy is necessary for a country to succeed. b. a country needs a ruler with absolute power to succeed. c. people have natural rights to life, to be free and to own property. d. a country needs no rulers or government to be safe and successful.

When the ottoman empire weakened, europe reacted by building a canal for trade with the ottoman region. ottoman nations achieve independence. cutting off most trade with the ottoman region. trying to take more control of ottoman lands.