B. Pioneering research on radioactivity. She discovered Polonium and Radium, and won the 1903 Nobel Prize.
They remained suspicious of a strong central government.
Throughout the course of the war, an estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, 6,100 wounded, and upwards of 20,000 were taken prisoner. Historians believe that at least an additional 17,000 deaths were the result of disease, including about 8,000–12,000 who died while prisoners of war.
