Which answer best details an advantage of the train that traveled from the east coast to california?
a the train across the country was always on time and extremely safe.

b the cross-country train inspired americans to build a cross-country highway system.

c goods and people could be moved across the country more quickly and more cheaply than ever before.

d the high cost of shipping goods across the country raised their prices and made merchants rich.

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.

Take another look at the population pyramid for france in 1950. notice the disparity between the male and female populations in the 55 to 70 year-old age group. what historical event could account for this disparity?

Which statement would most likely be made by an opponent of affirmative actions