What characteristic made Texas good for raising cattle?
A. its open, grassy plains
B. its well-developed rail connections
C. its participation in the Civil War
D. its locaton near the Gulf of Mexico

A

Explanation:

None of the other choices made sense and given that Texas is part of the Great prairie in the middle of NA

your answer would be (b)

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”