These transportation routes represented an extraordinarily dangerous act of civil disobedience on the part of American abolitionists. Why were they created? A. They were part of the Underground Railroad, a secret and illegal plan to help slaves escape to freedom. B. They were part of the Underground Railroad, a secret method of smuggling cheap cotton to northern factories. C. They were part of the Underground Railroad, a plot to sneak enslaved workers into secret bondage in free states. D. They were part of the Underground Railroad, a series of safe houses where southern planters could keep slaves they feared would rebel.

Examine the dates in this timeline: • 1918: the ottoman empire loses control of iraq to the britishfollowing world war i.• 1932: the kingdom of iraq is granted its independence from greatbritain• 1945: mustafa barzani leads a failed rebellion against the iraqigovernment• 1948: the al-wathbah uprising results in protests against the iraqigovernment before it is violently suppressed.• 1958: the kingdom of iraq is overthrown by military leaders whoestablish the republic of iraq,• 1980: iraq invades iran, launching the iran iraq war.• 1990: iraq invades kuwait but is defeated by united nations forcesled by the united states.• 2003: the united states and its allies invade iraq and remove itsdictator, saddam hussein.which title would best suit the period in iraqi history from 1980 through1990? a. the era of political instability and protestb. the era of american involvementc. the era of iraqi aggressiond. the era of early iraqi independence