Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The transcontinental railroad began in 1863 and was completed in 1869.
b. The Civil War halted railroad construction in many states.
c. The steam engine was first used in England and then in America.
d. The one disadvantage of the railroads was that trains could not operate year round.

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.

Iron making developed in china almost a thousand years later than in the middle east. true false

What happened to hudsons voyage east across the top of russia ?