Answer:
A) expelling enemy invaders and protecting the empire’s borders
B) instituting Shia Islam as the state religion
D) increasing the silk trade with India
Explanation:
Safavid dynasty changed the history of Iran in the sixteenth century. It changed Iran from a Sunni based region to Shia Islam by spreading the Twelver Islam. They controlled a wide area of middle east and thus provided stability to the empire to allow trade at an extensive scale. The strong military protected the boundaries of the large empire by expelling the invaders.
1/4 during the Antebellum Period (before the Civil War).--Most whites in the south did not own slaves but were farmers working for themselves.
The majority of slaves in the south belonged to a small percentage of people. Even of the 1/4 who owned slaves, most of them had a small number of 20 or less. Whites in the south who did not own slaves didn't benefit from the system but did hope to own slaves one day as it showed success.
1. Petition
2. Currency
3. Redress
4. Persecuted
5. Abridge