Which of the following is true about the transcontinental railroad?

a. many immigrants were responsible for building this project

b. this railroad connected the easter and western united states

c. a journey from east to west was shortened from 6 months to 6 days with the use of this railroad

d. many workers died while building the railroad due to explosions, rock slides, or conflict with native americans

e. all of the above

What is one important quote from each of the following philosophers and what do they each mean? thomas hobbes, john locke, and baron de montesquieu

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Which fact from the tinker v. des moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was protected by the fourteenth amendment, which prohibits deprivation of life, liberty, or property? o a. the record shows that students in some of the schools wore buttons relating to national political campaigns, and some even wore the iron cross, traditionally a symbol of nazism. o b. on the other hand, the court has repeatedly emphasized the need for affirming the comprehensive authority of the states and of school officials, consistent with fundamental constitutional safeguards, to prescribe and control conduct in the schools. c. the action of the school authorities appears to have been based on an urgent wish to avoid the controversy which might result from the expression, even by the silent symbol of armbands, of opposition to this nation's part in the conflagration in vietnam. d. that they are educating the young for citizenship is reason for scrupulous protection of constitutional freedoms of the individual. if we are not to strangle the free mind at its source and teach youth to discount important principles of our government as mere platitudes.