The North's manufacturing capabilities were wartime strengths for which reason? A. The North had no need for cotton from the South.
B. The North was able to produce firearms on its own.
C. The North could trade manufactured goods for weapons from Europe.
D. There were more jobs available for women whose husbands were away at war.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.