PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text? Group of answer choices

The North was more powerful than the South and was always going to be the victor of the Civil War.

Despite the obvious strength of the North, the outcome of the war was unpredictable at the time.

The United States underestimated the strength of the South, giving it the upper hand.

The sole cause of the Civil War was the South’s desire to preserve slavery in the United States.

Acomplex sentence contains . one subject and one verb

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable

Respect for the environment means a: loving trees and animals b: not drinking out of streams c: making as little impact as possible on wilderness areas d: only using resources that are high in supply