The passages below are from Executive Order 13490, issued by President Barack Obama in 2009. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution …it is hereby ordered as follows:

…Every appointee in every executive agency …shall be ...committed to, the following pledge upon becoming an appointee:

"As a condition, and in consideration, of my employment in the United States Government in a position invested with the public trust, …I will not accept gifts from registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations for the duration of my service as an appointee.”

Based on these passages, what is the purpose of this executive order?

Question 6 options:

Government employees should be held to the rule of law.

Government employees should respect enforcement of the law.

Government employees should work with interest groups.

Government employees should support political candidates.

What is the framework that citizens create so there is order in society?

Most white men in the antebellum south could best be described as a) plantation owners. b) seafaring traders. c) merchants or shopkeepers. d) nonslaveholding family farmers.

The first task here is to trace furrows, ripping up the maze of paths, and then excavate a deep trench in the ground. the second comprises refilling the trench with other material to make a foundation for the road build-up. the ground must not give way nor must bedrock or base be at all unreliable when the paving stones are trodden. next the road metalling is held in place on both sides by kerbing and numerous wedges. how numerous the squads working together! some are cutting down woodland and clearing the higher ground, others are using tools to smooth outcrops of rock and plane great beams." - a poem by statius praising the via domitiana, written 1st century c. e. using the prompt, another way that road building led to expansion besides trade was that it a) led to a uniform law system. b) created less class divisions due to economic expansion. c) allowed for the creation of unique architectural styles. d) allowed the military to move people and supplies further.