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War elephants<span> played a critical role in several key battles in antiquity, but their use declined in the Middle Ages. With the spread of firearms in the early </span>modern period<span>, military </span>elephants<span> were restricted to non-combat engineering and labour roles, and some ceremonial uses.</span>
"A. Anticommunist laws were passed" and "<span>D. Some government workers were forced to take loyalty oaths" are true. There was large-scale surveillance done of people suspected </span>of being Soviets.