Which of the following is true of desertions from the Confederate army?
a. The army was suffering a high rate of desertion by 1863, and the problem continued to grow worse.
b. The army was plagued by a high rate of desertion from the beginning of the war.
c. The army began experiencing significant desertions only in the last few months of the war.
d. The army never had the desertion problem experienced by the northern army because southerners were sofervently committed to their cause.
a
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A) He thought the world would be too busy controlling Eastern European countries to object. B) The Soviet Union was no longer a superpower that could influence him. C) He had captured weapons from Eastern European countries when the Soviet Union left. D) The government of Kuwait no longer received aid from the Soviet Union. E) He wanted to force the United States to take a stand against Russia.
The modernity of the writings of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio is best represented by their
A) writing in Italian to reach a wide audience. B) confidence that God will save everyone. C) careful study of Greek and Latin grammar. D) pessimistic view of human nature.. E) rejection of all things past.
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