The first reason the Trans-Continental Railroad was important was because goods could now reach California from the Eastern part of our country. It also helped to open up unoccupied regions of our country that nobody was settled in. It was also a lot safer and faster to travel for people across country then by wagon train. The building of the railroad also gave the economy a boost in our country because people had to build theses railroads so people were now working.
The answer is A. He was a political philosopher and speaker. "<span>Cicero was a Roman politician and lawyer, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero</span>
Washington argued that African Americans must concentrate on educating themselves, learning useful trades, and investing in their own businesses. Hard work, economic progress, and merit, he believed, would prove to whites the value of blacks to the American economy.
