Which word is closest to the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph? use the thesaurus to find the correct meaning. jane tends to her garden almost daily. her flowerbeds are filled with an array of flowers. in one corner, she has a vegetable garden. jane has added plant food to her garden soil to neutralize the effects of acid rain. neutralize v. cancel, counteract, defeat, spoil a. cancel b. counteract c. defeat d. spoil

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

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