Dialects Developed Within the United States Primarily Because of

question 1

Multiple Choice

Dialects developed within the United States primarily because of

• A) diffusion going westward.
• B) differences in the dialects among the original settlers along the Atlantic Coast colonies.
• C) the Civil War.
• D) a lack of available transportation between the regions.
• E) differences in the climate between the regions.

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