In which sentence is the underlined word or phrase a direct object? a. the photographer sent the travel magazine editor beautiful images of the great wall of china. b. long ago, builders erected the great wall of china to keep out invaders. c. the great wall of china winds through many cities.

In the sentence: Long ago, builders erected the Great Wall of China to keep out invaders, in which the underlined word is the "Great Wall of China", it specifies the direct object. 

Direct objects can be nouns, pronouns, phrases, or clauses. If you can identify the subject and verb in a sentence, then finding the direct object—if one exists—is easy.

Both men foresaw the us as a great future power. however, they differed on the path the nation was to follow in achieving this role. while jefferson preferred an agrarian nation, hamilton favored an industrial and business intensive nation. as such, jefferson detested hamilton's idea of a strong federal government. jefferson wanted the bulk of power to rest with the states. these major views were behind polarizing washington's cabinet into two distinct factions. hamilton's followers became known as federalists and jefferson's democratic-republicans.