Frederic A. Bartholdi, builder of the ___________, rhapsodized at the American Centennial Exhibition in 1876 that the mammoth Corliss steam engine had “the beauty and almost the grace of human form” in its operation.
a. Brooklyn Bridge.
b. US Capitol dome.
c. Smithsonian Institution.
d. Statue of Liberty.
d. Statue of Liberty.
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The owners of New England textile mills initially turned to __________ for labor.
a. free blacks b. young single women c. the urban poor d. recent immigrants
What effect did the Civil War have on women's rights activism?
A) The war deflected most of the activism to other purposes. B) Women's rights activists fell silent. C) It had no effect. D) The war caused a greater commitment to gaining women's rights.
In the late 1960s, an aid to President Nixon suggested that "the issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect." What did he mean? Do you think he was right? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Most European thinkers associated with the Enlightenment:
A. favored social revolution. B. were members of the artisan class. C. were proponents of democracy. D. were atheists. E. favored the extension of European empires across the world.