Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. 1. amendment to officially endorse or approve something, usually a document 2. carpetbagger a southern white who joined the republican party during reconstruction 3. monopolize a change in a legal document, such as the constitution 4. nativism a system of commerce in which several companies work together to control prices and limit competition 5. ratify favoritism toward the native-born citizens of a country 6. scalawag northerner who moved to the south during reconstruction 7. trust to control all of a product or another person's time

Slowly swimming towards recovery, california's sea otter numbers holding steady posted on september 22, 2014 usgs.gov read the following passage: when sea otters want to rest, they wrap a piece of kelp around their body to hold themselves steady among the rolling waves. likewise, california's sea otter numbers are holding steady against the many forces pushing against their population recovery, according to the latest field survey led by federal, state, aquarium, and university scientists. since the 1980s, u.s. geological survey scientists have calculated a population index each year for the southern sea otter—enhydra lutris nereis—a species federally listed as threatened. the annual range-wide field survey collects data on this protected marine mammal on behalf of the u.s. fish and wildlife service. trends in population index reported by usgs for southern sea otters in california. data are shown for independent otters, nonpups, and all otters for mainland california, san nicolas island, and rangewide from 2012 onward. the mainland all otters line increases gradually from 1990 to 2014 from less than 1800 to about 2800. the mainland independents mirror the all otter population curve at slightly lower numbers. the san nicolas island population begins at about 18 in 1992 and climbs to about 65 in 2014. why does the author include the chart in the article? to provide a comparison of changes in the two groups of sea otter populations to provide a depiction of the variety of sea otter populations in the area to provide a list of the groups of ecosystems that were included in the study to provide a visual representation of how sea otter populations have changed

"well, i know," she said. "you'll pretend you were men instead of babies. . and war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. and they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs." so then i understood. it was war that made her so angry. what point of view

How do parallels between the characterization of the narrator and the father point to a theme of the story bile?