Why was marbury vs madison such an important case

Marbury v. Madison is a seminal case in American judicial history as it was the first time the doctrine of Judicial Review was articulated.

Judicial review makes it so that the Court can review the actions of the legislative and executive branches to determine if they have acted within the bounds of the Constitution.

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.  

answer; interpreting someone's past consistent with present deviance;