The development of railroads was one of the most important phenomena of the Industrial Revolution. Trains provided supplies and equipment and a lifeline of the army. Trains made a big impact on the citizens. Railroads were visible symbols of industry and modernity during the Civil War.
To bring the north and south together and get along peacefully
Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.
<u>Answer:</u>
- African-American poet
- newspaper columnist
- “The Weary Blues”
- Harlem Renaissance
All of these are describing (B) Langston Hughes.
<u>Explanation:</u>
“Langston Hughes” was a social activist, African-American Poet, novelist and columnist from Missouri. He was one of the main writers and the one who thought about 'Harlem Renaissance'. This was an "African-American artistic" movement who celebrated 'black' life and culture.
He wrote his first "famous" poem when he was only seventeen. “Weary Blues” is one of the famous poems written by Hughes, where he expresses his loneliness and uncertainty about future and present. His sad inner self is revealed in this poem.
Putting over 12,000 already weak men together in a ramshackle camp with little food was a recipe for disaster from the start.
The men subsisted on a concoction called “firecake”–flour and water mixed together and baked in iron kettles.
