Aside from connecting the East U.S. to the West U.S., the transcontinental railroad was also instrumental in driving a gap through the confederate territories and ending the reconstruction era. (Choices A and D are the answers.)
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He refused to attack Lafayette's troops in the South and he also disregarded an order and retreated to Yorktown Peninsula where he expected help from British naval ships but they did not come so he was forced to surrender.
Tom Brady, would be the answer.