Which of the following is an example of a historical argument?
a. how much more territory does the united states control today than when it was first founded?

b. the roman empire traded with han china because chinese silk had been found in early roman cities.

c. why do you think the confederate states of america were not able to win the american civil war?

d. abraham lincoln was born on february 12, 1809, and was shot on april 11, 1865 at ford’s theater.

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

explanation:

to reform the distraught soviet union, the democratization of the communist party was promoted through party secretary mikhail gorbachev's policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” perestroika refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the communist party.