Which phrase or sentence from the excerpt provides a
text clue about the story's context?

We need the excerpt and story to answer this question. is this multiple choice?

Explanation:

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.