Why does the speaker say, “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know/What I was walling in or walling out,/And to whom I was like to give offensive”?

Because the speaker is cautious and likes to think before acting.

Explanation:

The speaker states “Before I built a wall I’d ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out, / And to whom I was like to give offensive,” to give the reader a sense of rationality and caution. This is because the speaker shows how cautious and how he always thinks before acting, not only so that he knows what he is doing and why he is doing it, but so that he is aware of the consequences that his actions will cause and that he can thus avoid situations that are not of interest to him.

the statement that best explains why the tenth amendment reserves some rights and powers to states is that the framers believed in the principle of federalism. this principle says that some powers are in the hands of a centralized national government, while others are reserved for the governments of several states.

the correct answer can either be a or b because it could be both but you should probally choose b