Why did england feel vulnerable to attack at the end of the 19th century?
a. other countries were improving their militaries and growing stronger.
b. a plague had killed hundreds of thousands of people across the country.
c. half of england's food supply had been destroyed by drought.
d. the king had recently died, and england had no consistent leadership.

The correct answer is A. Other countries were improving their militaries and growing stronger. England had been the preeminent European power throughout the 19th century since the defeat of Napoleonic France; however, at the turn of the century other countries were beginning to catch up, most notably Imperial Germany, which clearly had its sights set on replacing Great Britain at the top of the imperial food chain. This situation grew ever more tense and, thanks to what later came to be known as Thucydides's trap, led to World War I.

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.