It is Area number II that shows the border states in the United States as they existed during the time of the Civil War, which were crucial to the North's success.
<span>US gained territory in the Pacific Ocean.
The Spanish-American War is the beginning of the imperial era in US history gaining their first territories from the war.
The US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from the Spanish-American War and soon after completed the annexation of Hawaii. With colonies in the Pacific and trade connections growing in Asia, the US needed a quick way to move resources and ships from the East coast to these new areas. The canal through Panama made the naval commute shorter and faster as well as safer.</span><span />
C. a civilization is a large amount of people in your town and you all are very close.
Wood being softer than coal is a physical property. Any chemical property has to deal with a change in somethings composition. When would is burnt, rotted, or not rusted, it is because there is some form of chemical reaction (Or lack thereof) inside of the wood. The property of being softer, however, does not come about by changing what wood is.