When discussing railroads during the Civil War their role is often overlooked. However, they were an incredibly vital and important vehicle in the movement of troops and materiel that ultimately enabled the Union to win the conflict. After fighting broke out between in 1861 the country had a rail network stretching over 30,000 miles. Unfortunately, the South was at an immediate disadvantage in this regard; 21,300 miles (in conjunction with 45,000 miles of telegraph wire), or about 70%, was concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest leaving the Confederacy with only 9,022 miles (and 5,000 miles of telegraph wire). The South did have one important advantage here, much of its trackage was brand new at the start of the war. As William Thomas points out in his book, "The Iron Way: Railroads, The Civil War, And The Making Of Modern America<span>," 75% of its lines were built in the 1850s. Even by the mid-19th century railroads understood the need for heavier rail, reinforced bridges, and durable rights-of-way to handle ever-increasing tonnage. After new routes had been finished they were nearly always rebuilt, sometimes almost immediately, for this purpose.</span>During the war's entire four year history the Confederacy was able to inflict more than $2.5 million in damages to Northern rail lines (over $35 million in today's dollars).
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The territorial and economic changes that promoted German unity was <span>the annexation of the Rhine lands by </span><span>Napoleon. Germans did not like being ruled by the French. The creation of the German </span><span>Confederation was weak and headed by Austria, and the creation of the Zollverein (economic union) which encouraged cooperation among the states.</span>
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the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those having physical or mental disabilities or belonging to other minority groups
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d. All the answers are correct
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In the first place Lawrence Hinman talks his book <em>Ethics : A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory </em>about particular character traits based on the Aristotelian theory in which, it is established the importance of developing the virtue of character in order to finally obtain the most important, that has been already pre-established, a good behavior. On the other hand, the virtue ethics theory refers to the way in which character and virtue are related with the purpose of reflecting always good results in life as it is stated in the answer option, courage would be the result according to this theory. The author of the book also exposes and mixes the two points of view in one single perspective, according to Hinman, the utilitarianism theory let the reader see how the combination of consequences and results establish a moral basis, and it also determines the way in which this chain can be of any use. The author besides explains how in the deontological ethics theory by Kant, the relationship between the human will and morality is established and how it offers as a result the determination of what is good and this will show the way in which human beings must act or behave.
