Read the paragraph, which may contain errors or false beliefs about the civil war: maryland was an important state in the civil war. due to its location, it was the key to the north maintaining control of its capital, washington, d. c. maryland formed the east and north borders of the capital, and virginia was to the west and south. virginia was a slave state, but maryland was free, which increased the importance of this state to the north. president abraham lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in 1861 to protect maryland. as long as the union held maryland, washington, d. c., would most likely be safe from confederate troops. which of the following statements corrects a false belief about the civil war and would make the information in the passage more accurate? lincoln enforced the writ of habeas corpus to prevent confederate troops from entering maryland. maryland was a slave state that surrounded washington, d. c., on the north, east, and south. maryland was important to the union because it surrounded the capital and because it had outlets to the sea. virginia was a free state that surrounded washington, d. c., on the west a

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.