Question 2.
To expand the railroads to the Pacific Ocean, a lot of steel was needed for rails. Making steel required
a lot of fuel to run the blast furnaces. Wood was used but as it became scarce steel mills began using
coke, obtained from coal. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Train tracks were laid only through areas with large supplies of wood.
B.
Steel mills imported coal long distances to run the blast furnaces.
C.
Steel production took place near large supplies of coal.
D. Without large forests to supply fuel, factories were forced to close.

1.3.6 practice: examining the founding principles the declaration of independence we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal. that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.- that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,- that whenever any form of governments becomes destructive of thee ends, it is right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . summary