ANSWER ASAP The station, away up North, was reached by Maude on a sweet June evening, about sunset. Never did a daintier little figure descend from a palace car, and stand forlornly beside a couple of trunks and a bicycle, watching the lessening train as it melted into the distance in the red sunset.

—“A Century Ride,”
Grace E. Denison

Based on its context, what is the meaning of the term palace car?

Which context clues support the meaning of palace car?

In what ways did the compromise of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 differ from the missouri compromise? both compromises used the established 36°30′ parallel to determine if territories would become free or slave states. both compromises used the mason-dixon line to determine if the territories would become free or slave states. both compromises let territories use popular sovereignty to determine if they would become free or slave states. both compromises only granted congress the power to determine if territories would become free or slave states.