(PLEASE ANSWER ASAP) Read the paragraph, which may contain errors or false beliefs about the Civil War:
Maryland was an important state in the Civil War. Due to its location, it was the key to the North maintaining control of its capital, Washington, D.C. Maryland formed the east and north borders of the capital, and Virginia was to the west and south. Virginia was a slave state, but Maryland was free, which increased the importance of this state to the North. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in 1861 to protect Maryland. As long as the Union held Maryland, Washington, D.C., would most likely be safe from Confederate troops.
Which of the following statements corrects a false belief about the Civil War and would make the information in the passage more accurate?
Answers:
Lincoln enforced the writ of habeas corpus to prevent Confederate troops from entering Maryland.
Maryland was a slave state that surrounded Washington, D.C., on the north, east, and south.
Maryland was important to the Union because it surrounded the capital and because it had outlets to the sea.
Virginia was a free state that surrounded Washington, D.C., on the west and south.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_and_free_states#/media/File:US_Slave_Free_1789-1861.gif
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https://www.loc.gov/maps/?fa=location%3Awashington+d.c.&dates=1860-1869
Both VA and MD were slave states. How will you answer this?
The statement that corrects a false belief about the Civil War and makes the information in the passage more accurate is:
Maryland was important to the Union because it surrounded the capital and because it had outlets to the sea.
To determine the correct statement, we first need to identify the false belief in the given paragraph. The false belief is that "Maryland was a free state" while Virginia was a slave state. In reality, Maryland was also a slave state during the Civil War.
Based on this false belief, we can determine the correct statement by considering the accurate information. The accurate information states that Maryland was important to the Union because of its strategic location, bordering Washington, D.C., and having outlets to the sea. Therefore, the correct statement is "Maryland was important to the Union because it surrounded the capital and because it had outlets to the sea."