The Brooklyn Bridge is significant because it was the first suspension bridge built with steel cables.
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
The idea of using steel cables galvanized with a coating of zinc was first proposed by John Roebling, the architect who designed the Brooklyn Bridge. The technique of constructing suspension bridges is believed to have developed in China. The suspension bridges constructed before the Brooklyn Bridge made use of steel chains, not steel cables. One such bridge was the 'Jacob's Creek Bridge' located in Pennsylvania.
St. Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France. She was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans in 1429 that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years' War.
