One of the reasons for the high casualty rate in civil war armies was the use of what weapon that had greater range and accuracy over older models?

a. the machine gun
b. the rifled musket
c. the smoothbore musket
d. the bayonet


ANSWER: b

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A) 10% B) 25% C) 50% D) 75%

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What will be an ideal response?

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