How might citizens engage in civic life to influence politics and government?

The kansas-nebraska act allowed the territories of kansas and nebraska to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. the people who lived in these territories would be able to vote on whether slavery would be allowed there. what effect did this have on kansas? a. settlers voted to allow slavery only in half of the territory. b. kansas became a slave state and joined the confederacy. c. settlers held a series of debates to them decide. d. pro-slavery settlers fought against anti-slavery settlers.

How do economists measure the success, or shortcomings, of the economy?

Bonus question: according to wikipedia, in chinese philosophy yin and yang "describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent." what are some examples from the story that amy tan may have intentionally incorporated elements of yin and yang philosophy into this story? select 2.