Question

Which of the following is not true about the development of railroads in the first half of the nineteenth century?

The Rocket inspired American inventors to turn their attention to railroads.


Railroad companies could never agree to use the same gauge - the space between the rails.


Americans even began talking of building a railroad all the way to the Pacific Ocean.


Railroad companies eventually replaced wooden railroad tracks with ones made of iron.

Answer 1

Answer: The rocket inspired American inventors to turn their attention to railroads

why: Railroads were invented before the rocket and they were certainly not inspired by them.

Answer 2

I believe #1, the one about a rocket... we didn't go to space until the 20th century and in the early 19th century I don't think that would be on their minds