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Why did the south decide to fight a defensive war 1.to protect their plantations 2.to make the north look like the aggressor 3.to take advantage of their knowledge of the land 4.to make maximum use of the limited transport system

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.

Which group was responsible for determining the borders of african colonies and later countries