Use the passage from jacob riis's "how the other half lives" to answer the question.

"let him take into a tenement block a handful of flowers from the fields and watch the brightened faces, the sudden abandonment of play and fight that go ever hand in hand where there is no elbow-room, the wild entreaty for “posies,” the eager love with which the little messengers of peace are shielded, once possessed; then let him change his mind. i have seen an armful of daisies keep the peace of a block better than a policeman and his club, seen instincts awaken under their gentle appeal, whose very existence the soil in which they grew made seem a mockery."

which of the following statements best summarizes the passage?

a. flowers allowed policemen in the slums to keep the peace between gangs.

b. flowers caused fights and violence between different groups in the slums.

c. young boys in the slums appreciated beauty in spite of their harsh lives and rough appearances.

d. young boys in the slums collected flowers and sold them to make money to support their families.

The following statement best summarizes the passage: "young boys in the slums appreciated beauty in spite of their harsh lives and rough appearances" (C).

This text describes the instinctive attitudes humans have towards flowers ("wild entreaty," "the eager love") and how it gives flowers the power to instigate peace into troubled neighborhoods: "I have seen an armful of daisies keep the peace of a block."

The flowers' impact on young boys is expressed by phrases such as "the brightened faces" and "the sudden abandonment of play and fight."

The following are allusions to their harsh lives:

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.

the big stick policy was to still look powerful, and be nice at the same time. the big stick policy was also to countries who were at war, find peace with eachother.

the dollar diplomacy was to expand american business and get it to latin america, for that would be good for the economy.

you my friend, your regards.

agubaba khaleekha.