Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Fort Worth was geographically central to cattle drives that led to Kansas railroad cities.
b. The introduction of stockyards in Chicago and St. Louis was a result of the boom in the meat packing industry.
c. Cattle ranching began early on in Texas, but ranching remained small because cattle were difficult to move to eastern markets.
d. Early Mexican American ranchers also raised sheep.

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation:

imma say false because i dont know anything about this.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.