One drawback to the Roman's roads was they had poor drainage. Another drawback for today is they are too narrow.
<span>In the 1800s, sectionalism was demonstrated in economic terms and in terms of slavery. The states in the North did not own slaves, and a lot of industry was beginning to take shape there, so the population was becoming more rural. Meanwhile, the South was primarily farmers and had slaves. This situation eventually resulted in the Civil War.
The modern US as both more and less sectionalism than before. It is now usually expressed in political and social issues.
You can see certain areas of the country, particularly the southeast and midwest, is both more conservative in social matters and generally votes Republican. Then you have the northeast and west coast that are more liberal and vote Democrat.</span>
Answer: (E) It is an attempt to undermine the criticism cited against the claim that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism.
Explanation:
The point that there is a difference between capitalism and industrialization was made to counter the criticism of capital punishment being an essential part of British capitalism and this is shown when the text reads "... such a criticism overlooks..." which means that the point was made in direct opposition to the criticism.
The author here therefore supports the argument that capital punishment for theft was in fact essential in instilling labor discipline.
