C) <span>They worried it would work against the interests of the Soviet Union.</span>
Answer:
Choice D
Explanation:
The arid Great Basin limited farming opportunities close to major waterways, making permanent settlements undesirable.
The source was the land that they owned that they could control the peasants in their feudal system.
<span>The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the "letter") of the law, but not necessarily the intent of those who wrote the law.</span>
