The author is talking about how the us had to waste countless lives in wars against the communist and it seems he/she is trying to convince the reader about how absurd this situation is and how we should stop sending our soldiers to fight these dumb wars that have started for reasons unexplained.
(sorry if this doesn't help i tried to point out a main idea)
It was the "Federalists" who were <span>the most negatively affected by the outcome of the War of 1812, since they had been very much against the war which turned out to be a success for the US. </span>
The correct answer is <span>northern italy was close to ancient civilizations
</span>The Italians from there were far away form the church so they developed some sort of independence and weren't under such heavy pressure. They were physically located in an area that was historically close areas that were developed by Ancient Romans and Greeks so they found a lot of their work amusing and were inspired by them.
