Acount done by the city building commission reported that by the end of 1871 there were over 6,000 wooden shanties, 2,000 solid wood-frame buildings, and 500 structures of brick or stone already up or nearing completion. no wonder historian alfred t. andreas seemed overwhelmed when he reported: "it [was] common to see ten or a dozen or fifty houses rising at once; but when one looks upon, not a dozen or fifty, but upon ten thousand houses rising and ten times that number of busy workmen coming and going, and listens to the noise of countless saws and hammers and chisels and axes and planes, he is bewildered." which statement best reflects the theme of this paragraph? a. rebuilding too soon after a disaster can have negative consequences. b. it is possible to rebuild after a disaster if many people participate in the effort. c. people often become confused when a city changes extremely quickly. d. after a negative event, it is important for people to resume their daily routines.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.