The Border States Offered All of the Following Strategic Advantages

question 41

Multiple Choice

The Border States offered all of the following strategic advantages except  

• A) a large population.
• B) a good supply of horses and mules.
• C) valuable manufacturing capacity.
• D) shipbuilding facilities.
• E) large navigable rivers.

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Definitions:

Diversity-of-Citizenship

A basis for federal court jurisdiction when parties in a lawsuit are citizens of different states or a foreign country, allowing for cases to be heard in federal court.

Plaintiff

The party in a legal dispute who initiates the lawsuit, seeking relief or damages from the defendant.

Defendant

A person, company, or entity against whom a lawsuit is filed in a court of law.

State

A politically organized body of people under a single government, recognized as sovereign or possessing sovereignty.