D. It was the Capital (or center) of the Babylon empire
The Love Canal tragedy is the disaster that took plae near the Niagara
Falls. Between the years 1942 and 1953 a company by the Name of Hook er
Chemical contaminated a landfill in the Niagra Falls area and this area
was known as the Love Canal. Hook er Chemicals dumped 22000 tnnes of
toxic waste and covered it up with dirt and fillings. Then this area was
sold to the area to the Niagra Falls School Board for $1. A school and
about a 100 homes came up in the area. Later these chemicals started
coming to the surface due to heavy rains. This created permanent damage
to the people living there. Even the unborn children were also affected.
Smallpox was present in about the 1970s, so it is not that close to the 1990s, so it can be eliminated.
Communism was from 1989 to about 1992. Therefore, A is correct.
Answer:
The steel industry made possible the expansion of railroads given that the tracks are made of steel. The railroad companies were the biggest customers of the steel industry because thousands of miles of steel track were laid to connect all areas of the United States.
