Which of the following is a reason that the South built fewer railroads than the North?
a. Research clearly indicated that such investments would be of no economic benefit to the South.
b. The South saw the industrial and transportation revolutions as threats to republican ideology.
c. The southern states believed that such construction should be the responsibility of the federal government.
d. Southern states had smaller free populations so they collected fewer taxes and had less money to invest inrailroads..
d
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Which power came to control all the Hellenistic kingdoms by the middle of the second century B.C.?
a. Rome b. Ptolemaic Egypt c. the Seleucids d. the Parthians e. the Antigonids
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A. Masurian Lakes. B. Second Battle of the Marne. C. Battle of Verdun. D. Battle of Argonne Forest. E. Battle of the Somme.