Between 1935 and 1937, Congress passed three separate neutrality laws that clamped an embargo on arms sales to belligerents, forbade American ships from entering war zones and prohibited them from being armed, and barred Americans from traveling on belligerent ships.
 
        
             
        
        
        
The answer is A. because it was already tiresome to get 9 nine states out of 13 states to vote on an amendment. 
Choice B. is incorrect because the British only required their war costs at the end of the Constitution. Choice C. is incorrect because the Virginia plan (large states) and the New Jersey plan (small states) took place after the Constitution. Choice D. was a major benefit, so that wasn't a weakness.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
<span>The 19th century was a period of great change and rapid industrialization. The iron and steel industry spawned new construction materials, the railroads connected the country and the discovery of oil provided a new source of fuel. The discovery of the Spindletop geyser in 1901 drove huge growth in the oil industry. Within a year, more than 1,500 oil companies had been chartered, and oil became the dominant fuel of the 20th century and an integral part of the American economy.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
I'm not sure but extract is a synonym of abstract
        
                    
             
        
        
        
They worked for long hours, had little food, and could have been fighting off a disease