How should we react to breaking news?

Idon't really understand the question. it counts for 20% of my lesson grade and i really need putting the answer into words. anything will . i need asap so im awarding 30 points. a disagreement between states of the united states concerning the rights of states vs. the authority of the national government led to the civil war. state governments were forced by war into a subservient position. what might happen if national governments ceded their authority to a world government by international treaty?

How was rockefeller able to build his monopoly across the oil industry? he found newer and cheaper ways to refine oil, increasing his profits. he confined his business to ohio so he could buy all the refineries there. he bought up oil refineries, cut costs, and reinvested his profits in other refineries. he began to sell kerosene as well as oil, expanding his market.

Which of these discoveries contradict components of dalton’s atomic theory?