After making camp at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, Washington's troops increased in number because a large group of reinforcements joined.
increased in number because Spain and France sent troops to support the American
efforts.
were reduced in size after men died from disease and exposure to the harsh winter.
were reduced in size because many men were tired of fighting the war and went
home

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The time at Valley Forge was not pretty. It was extremely cold which made it very hard to function well. There was also a ton of disease spreading as well, so the correct answer.

So, after making camp at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, Washington's troops were reduced in size after men died from disease and exposure to the harsh winter.

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affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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