The short story "behold the brooklyn bridge" is a piece of historical fiction because it focuses on this historical event of the opening of the brooklyn bridge. which sentence from the story best supports the idea that the event was of national importance

The sentence from the story that best supports the idea that the event was of national importance is "Papa glanced over toward the crowd."Why that’s President Arthur himself!" he exclaimed.

Explanation:

Well, not all the events throughout the country are going to have the presence of the President, then when in the story "Behold the Brooklyn Bridge" it is mentioned by the principal character with a huge surprise because the President actually went to the place for the event and he gave it a big importance to the situation, since it was part of the President's agenda.

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which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

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