There can be several right answers for this blank. The following are a couple words that can correctly fill the space.
1) John McCain was a Republican at the time of the 2008 election- He was the Republican party's nominee for President with his running mate being Sarah Palin.
2) John McCain was a Senator at the time of the 2008 election- He was a Senator representing the state of Arizona in the US Congress before starting his run for the presidency.
Total war is the idea that the enemy can best be defeated by attacking everything: soldiers, citizens, food, supplies, and more. ... The warfare conducted by ancient civilizations, such as Persia or Rome, and the modern warfare conducted by the Nazis during World War II are both good examples of total warfare.
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It is easier to explain why they almost won. After that deal with why they didn't.
Why the South Nearly Won
One: They had a superior military leadership, especially at the beginning of the civil war. Robert E Lee had a great military mind and used his superiorly trained troupes to best advantage that is until Gettysburg.
Two: They had a very mobile cavalry under the superb leadership of J.E.B Stuart. This is not the same answer as one. The south had a terrific advantage in the use of her cavalry, again until Gettysburg.
Three: In the beginning, the armies of the south had better reasons for fighting than did the north, or at least they thought so. Fighting for freedom is always a great rallying cry.
And why the North Eventually Won
However Gettysburg was the turning point of the war. Lee made a mistake which he was analytical enough to acknowledge. He was overconfident in what his troupes could do especially at the beginning of Gettysburg.
What losses Lee encountered could not be easily made up by calling on civilian help.
The north developed a brute force tactic in conquering the south. Grant and Sherman simply swept across (mostly) Georgia. Lee by this time was not able to meet the challenge. Grant's method was cruel but very effective.
Gone With the Wind (the book and movie) made a remarkable statement delivered by the character Rhett Butler when he said "The South will lose because it does not make one canon." What he meant was the South did not have the same industrial might that the north had.
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The correct answer for the question that is being presented is this one: "railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the land." A corrupt business practice that Frank Norris exposed in The Octopus is that railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the land.
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