Can someone me summarize this sentence for me and you

each state acted for its own benefit and did not consider the good of the whole nation. other nations could take advantage of differences in the states’ trade agreements.

I think this is it idk if it will help you.

Explanation:

It’s the year 2014, in the United States of America, and the people whose entire livelihood is supposed to be the protection of civilians–the keeping of peace, the upholding of our freedoms, the protection of citizens–have donned military garb, weapons, tactics, and ideologies, and are advancing on American citizens with loaded weapons in broad daylight.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

this isnt an english question.