Which factor most contributed to delays in construction for the central pacific railroad?
a shortage of supplies
intense summer heat
long stretches of desolate landscape
conflicts with american indians

a shortage of supplies

Explanation:

The main problems that the Central Pacific Railroad construction faced was the fact that the country was experimenting a shortage of supplies on the main metals needed to construct the railroad, and since you can´t do you job iy you don´t have the things to work with, the construction got delayed because of that shortage.

One of the factors that contributed to delays in construction for the Central Pacific railroad was "long stretches of desolate landscape, far from supply towns," since ironically it was only the railroads that were able to get these supplies to their destination quickly enough.

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Explanation:

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

b) new machinery hope i