First, had the Confederacy won the Civil War, slavery would have undoubtedly continued in the South. As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Union victory, slavery was abolished. ... A victory by the North did equate to the end of slavery. A victory by the South would have meant the opposite.
The correct answer is A)To convince the American colonies to separate from Britain
Thomas Paine's famous pamhplet <em>Common Sense</em> was written as a means to convince colonists that they would be better of without British control. In the passage above, Paine argues that the colonists would have had more financial success without being controlled by England. This is due to the fact that the colonists were often limited to trading just with England as part of its system of mercantilism. This severely limited the colonists and their ability to trade with other countries.
<span> (B) lower labor costs. It's one of the big reasons why a lot of manufacturers build factories elsewhere such as Mexico, China, Southeast Asia, etc.. because the labor costs are so low. Workers there can be hired at far lower costs there than those in nations like the United States.</span>
<span>C: Japan was prepared to invade the US mainland</span>
The answer should be D. :)
