All of the following were technological advances for railroads except the
a. move from iron to steel tracks.
b. adoption of knuckle couplers
c. use of automatic signals.
d. introduction of air brakes.
e. switch from the open-hearth to the Bessemer process in steel mills.
e
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a. Americans won a decisive victory over the British. b. American troops demonstrated their good training with a well executed regrouping and successful forward drive after a retreat. c. American soldiers rebelled in mutiny over their outstanding pay. d. the French navy saved the day.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French revolution?
A) Enlightenment thinkers urging the need to limit the powers of the Catholic church and aristocracy. B) The church seeking greater power over the royal agreement. C) The middle-class demand for greater political representation. D) The peasant desire for freedom from manorialism.
General Howard’s Circular 13 was issued in response to ________
A) the freedmen’s desire for land B) repeated attacks by the Klan C) directives from President Johnson D) widespread election fraud
Why did factories develop slowly in the South?
A) ?Slave discipline was difficult to maintain in a factory system. B) ?The economic rewards of agriculture were more certain. C) ?Industrialization might have disrupted the traditional southern social structure. D) ?To raise the capital needed to build factories, Southerners would have had to sell slaves. E) ?All of these choices