What was the major reason for the high death rate among soldiers on both sides during the Civil War?
A) technological advances in weaponry
B) poor planning by generals during huge battles
C) disease
D) hand-to-hand combat
C
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a. Defeat at the hands of the Safavids. b. Composition of a bizarre religious treatise that tried to synthesize all religions. c. Admission that he could not conquer the south of Hindustan. d. Forced conversion to Shiism.
Roger Williams who established the colony of Rhode Island argued that:
a) church and state must be totally separated. b) religious wars were necessary to protect not only religion, but also freedom. c) only John Winthrop was capable of explaining the word of God. d) Puritans must stay in the Church of England and reform it.
What caused the sudden burst of Spanish fervor for conquest in the 1400s?
a. the marriage of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella b. the survival of Muslim Grenada c. the presence of a large number of Jews and Moors in Spain d. the erosion of Spanish culture
General Ulysses S. Grant basic strategy in the Civil War involved
a. using long-range artillery assaults b. striking tactically from the flanks c. using his huge armies simultaneously and directly d. destroying the enemy's economy and undermining civilian morale e. surrounding enemy armies for a long siege