Answer:
European nations staked claims on paper while tribes claimed the ground itself, but the border remained a work in progress, an imaginary line, until troops clashed and treaties settled the question.
In 1849, after the Mexican-American War, the United States sent teams of surveyors, soldiers and laborers to mark this new line in the desert, which sounded simple but proved difficult. The teams struggled as the Southwest seethed with conflict.
Explanation:
Answer:
Distaste
Explanation:
Since I do not have the passage this can be wrong but let's break it down. Scornful means you contempt someone. Acceptance and Confidence are automatically out. Envy maybe but i do not think its right
Answer:
To provide details about the story's setting.
Explanation:
'A Girl Named Zippy' is a memoir of Haven Kimmel. This account of the author describes about her childhood spent in Mooreland in Indiana.
In the given excerpt, Kimmel is describing the setting of her story. The setting of the place where she lived and spent her childhood.
<u>The setting describes the serenity of the small town of Indiana, Mooreland and also to suggest how small her town was.</u>
So, the correct answer is that the author is describing the plot of the story in the given excerpt. Thus option D (last option) is correct.