I think it’s c or d def not a or b
This passage implies that the author is aware that new weapons have broadened the theater of war.
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Both Spain and Portugal began to decline in power after 1600. This was mainly because of poor governance and political involvement in wars back in Europe.
Explanation:
At the same time, other European nations began to develop more, specially Britain, the Netherlands (which won its independence from Spain), and France. In these nations, internartional trade and exploration began to be promoted, and this naturally led to the establishment of new colonies around the world, including Asia.
Liek this, Britain, France, and the Netherlands acquired colonies in Asia, and diminished the iberian influence in the continent, which used to be exclusive up until that point.
<span>The ruling was not received well in the south, and some of those vestiges still remain to this day. The end of segregated schooling, which had to be rectified "with all deliberate speed," took quite a while to occur. Even today, there are schools that, while they might not be segregated on a "de jure" basis, are still "de facto" separated based on racial characteristics.</span>
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As the North industrialized rapidly between 1820 and 1860, railroads helped create --and prospered from -- the rise of factory production and diversified large-scale agriculture. In the South, railroads played a marginal role in the cotton and tobacco economy.