The number of inventions registered at the U.S. Patent Office remained fairly constant through the nineteenth century.

a. true
b. false


Answer: b. false

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Legal discrimination and prejudice against Jews continued until World War I in ________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Loving in Loving v. Virginia to __________

A) allow prayer in schools B) strike down school segregation in Virginia C) nationally legalize interracial marriage D) ban prayer in schools

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Which of the following represented the attitude of the planter elite in South Carolina and Georgia after the Revolution?

A) The planter elite in these two states was determined to reestablish an economic way of life that depended on slavery. B) The planter elite in these two states was determined to establish a new set of economic relations with blacks based on negotiated free labor. C) The planter elite in these two states was ambivalent about reestablishing slavery in these states because of the Revolution's principles about liberty and freedom. D) The planter elite in these two states was determined to establish a new economic system based on tenant farming with their former slaves.

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The "city beautiful" movement in the United States was inspired, in part, by

A. both the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and the new technology of skyscrapers. B. the new technology of skyscrapers. C. the economic depression of 1893. D. the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. E. None of these answers is correct.

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