What event caused Muir to reevaluate his life and devote more of his time to the wilderness?
a) His domineering mother died.
b) He saw a fellow worker killed in an industrial accident.
c) An accident almost cost him his sight.
d) He failed at several business enterprises.
e) His controlling father died.
b
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a. water mills b. rotary oxen pulls c. small, wood-burning, steam-powered devices d. water pumps e. windmills
In the 1890s, which state was among the first to grant women suffrage?
a. New Hampshire b. Tennessee c. Utah
The National Youth Administration provided
A. unskilled labor jobs to workers aged nineteen and under. B. federal assistance for artists and sculptors. C. scholarship and work assistance to younger people. D. health care for high school and college-aged men and women. E. federal assistance for writers and musicians.
One feature of Homer's epic poems that suggests the nature of Greek government during his time was that __________.
A. nobles could question the judgment of a king B. citizens elected the leaders of the expedition to Troy C. numerous references are made to tax collections D. women played a prominent role in the planning of the expedition to Troy