During the Civil War, railroad transportation

A. gave commanders much more flexibility in the geographic distribution of their armies.

B. None of these answers is correct.

C. encouraged smaller engagements with fewer troops.

D. in some ways acted to limit the mobility of armies.

E. both encouraged smaller engagements with fewer troops, and acted to limit the mobility of armies.


D

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a. Jerusalem. b. Alexandria. c. Constantinople. d. Antioch e. Rome.

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A. population growth and the commercialization of society. B. calls for gender equality. C. the practices of land inheritance. D. population growth and calls for gender equality. E. religious dissent.

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A) were generally clean and covered a large area. B) had low population densities. C) had skylines dominated by the towers of churches, castles, and town halls. D) had low standards of hygiene due to the absence of public or private baths. E) usually experienced low death rates.

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