Why did alfred wegener try to prove with fossil evidence

a. the earth is round, not flat
b. the earth is almost 5 billion years old
c. the earths land masses move over time
d. the earth has not continents

What is the main inference that can be drawn from adam smith’s book the wealth of nations?

Which four excerpts from the poem "a political reverie" by mercy otis warren imply that america was an oppressed and exploited nation? no despot here shall rule with awful sway nor orphan's spoils become the minion's prey; no more the widow'd bleeding bosom mourns, nor injur'd cities weep their slaughter'd sons; for then each tyrant, by the hand of fate, and standing troops, the bane of every state, forever spurn'd, shall be remov'd as far as bright hesperus from the polar star; freedom and virtue shall united reign, and stretch their empire o'er the wide domain. on a broad base the commonwealth shall stand, when lawless power withdraws its impious hand; when crowns and sceptres are grown useless things, nor petty pretors plunder here for kings

What did president lincoln risk if he chose to resupply fort sumter?