He was 18 years old because he was born in 1989 and the film came out at 2007,
so 2007-1989 = 18
I believe it's A: capitalizing on the harsh post-war conditions in their countries.
Captain E.J Smith was believed to be trying to better the crossing time than the Titanic’s White Star sister ship ,The Olympic, but in 2004 an engineer speculated that the reason for such high speeds was to control a fire which broke loose in one of the ships coal bunkers.
Answer:
The economy boosted once railroads were made in America. The railroads helped transport goods mostly form the North to the South since most factories were in the North.
