It was a long and bloody struggle among several factions in constantly shifting alliances which resulted ultimately in the end of the 30-year dictatorship in Mexico and the establishment of a constitutional republic.
The Answer is A to defend polis
Heaven and Earth are ruthless;To them the Ten Thousand Things are but as straw dogs. The Sage too is ruthless;To him the people are but as straw dogs.—Tao Te Ching(天地不仁,以万物为刍狗;圣人不仁,以百姓为刍狗。)
In fact, we Chinese seldom consider religion seriously. As we know that our life cannot fully depends on gods.
So i imagine you mean the people that got free form the emancipation proclamation. What the emancipation did was say it was illegal for people to own any slaves. Former slaves didn't fully get to have equal rights until the 1900's. So in summary all it did was make it illegal to own slaves and the Confederacy of America had to accept that when trying to join back up with he The United States
I believe the answer is C. "northwest of the Persian Gulf"