2. What point do you think the author was trying to make by writing the following in lines 13 - 15: "When General Washington told Congress, "the soldiers eat every kind of horse fodder but hay”
he might have gone a little farther and told them that they eat considerable hog's fodder "?

What do historians call the political,social,or cultural circumstances surrounding an event?

What was one cause of the decembrist revolt? a. the desire for a constitutional monarchy b. the need for workers’ reforms c. the creation of a new railway line d. the outcome of the crimean war

Part a: which statement identifies the central idea of the text? a: the north was more powerful than the south and was always going to be the victor of the civil war. b: despite the obvious strength of the north, the outcome of the war was unpredictable at the time. c: the united states underestimated the strength of the south, giving it the upper hand. answer !