Who pioneered the first efficient steam engine?
A) James Watt
B) Thomas Edison
C) Henry Ford
D) Robert Fulton
E) John Kay
Answer: A
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a. empty space b. military threats c. economic competitors d. less civilized "barbarian" societies e. deserts on all sides
The Family and Medical Leave Act was intended to provide
A) a stipend during illness. B) job security during childbirth or illness for employees of larger companies. C) family leave for all employees. D) childcare payments.
In the wake of anti-Chinese violence in California, the United States Congress
a. negotiated a restricted-immigration agreement with China. b. did nothing, as it was California's problem. c. prosecuted the Kearneyites and other inciters of anti-Kearneyites in San Francisco. d. sent many Chinese back to their homeland. e. passed a law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers to America.
The working conditions of the growing Russian industrial class in St. Petersburg and Moscow
A. improved dramatically after the passage in 1897 of a law establishing an eight-hour work day. B. were terrible and left the workers receptive to revolutionary propaganda. C. were much better than their earlier English and French counterparts had been. D. improved when their main economic competitors, the serfs, became an un-free class in 1861. E. were the best in Europe at the time.