<span>There have been 5 major expansions in the US, the first was in the Louisiana </span>territory.
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The answer is A because the French created more rapidly and found the region to stay in.
<em>Answer: C</em>
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Explanation: C gives us a strong reason why reclamation has gotten cheaper. The nature of the mines has changed, making it less difficult to reclaim them.
B looks good EXCEPT look very carefully at the wording of the argument.
The correct answer is <span>Although Union troops greatly outnumbered Confederate troops, it took months for the North to achieve victory.
The Union had more than a double the amount of army that the Confederacy had and they still couldn't enter Petersburg easily with the siege lasting for over 9 months. It wasn't a classic siege but rather a form of trench warfare where they couldn't move towards Petersburg even though they greatly outnumbered the confederate forces.</span>
