The greatest triumph of American technology in the mid-nineteenth century was in the area of __________
a. improvements in the transportation infrastructure
b. new uses for vulcanized rubber
c. improved farm implements
d. sophisticated machine tools
e. more efficient farming strategies
D
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A) securing his own power B) rebuilding the Soviet Union C) providing aid to his people D) extending Soviet power throughout Europe E) maintaining good relations with the Allies
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A) patronage of troubadours at his court. B) victories in the First Crusade. C) personal piety and devotion to the church. D) scholastic treatises. E) invention of the Gothic style.
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