(can someone please answer this? I'll mark What is the main characteristic of a republican government?

A. Citizens elect officials to represent them.
B. A president heads the executive branch.
C. The national government cannot overrule state governments!
D. Each branch of government acts as a check on the other branches!​

a\A

Explanation:

a . citizens elect officials to represent them.

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according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

explanation:

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they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as lumbering or farming.