The answer is D because, that is the only answer that shows history in the light of great activity. B and C are irrelevant and A, means they were being controlled.
A development from 1861 to 1865 not directly mentioned in the excerpt to support McPherson historical argument interpretation of the civil war is on the question passed on whether to concentrate on war that killed over a million people or to question whether the war was a necessity. The excerpt supports McPherson's argument that the war was in three forms, first through the mobilization of human and material resources by both sides, secondly, it ended with negotiated peace where victory ranged on one side but destroyed the economy and social systems of the losers. It led to the creation of a new Nation.
Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars.
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