James Watt is given credit for his work on
a. canals.
b. architectural plans for efficient factories.
c. the steam engine that turned coal into cheap steam power.
d. the internal combustion engine.
e. instruments used for scientific research in energy use.
c
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According to the 1807 federal law that outlawed the importation of slaves, Africans captured from smugglers were to be __________
a. lined up and executed b. returned to Africa c. immediately emancipated d. turned over to state authorities to be disposed of according to local custom e. sold to the highest bidder by federal agents
Johannes Kepler
a. vigorously opposed Copernican theory. b. publicized the Copernican theory by writing popular books. c. provided data to help prove the Copernican theory. d. devised mathematical formulas to explain the Copernican universe.
What issue arose in the 1880s and 1890s to cause strife in universities such as Fisk and Howard?
a. the universities’ failure to win financial supports from white philanthropists b. the universities’ insistence on hiring only African-American professors c. the universities’ refusal to admit more blacks to positions of leadership d. the universities’ insistence on providing only liberal arts educations and not vocational training
In 1972, diplomat Henry Kissinger announced that "peace is at hand"
A. right before American troops embarked on the Easter offensive. B. after the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons against North Vietnam. C. after a failed North Vietnamese offensive. D. right before the American presidential election. E. before the final American ground troops were pulled out of Vietnam.