Which of the following inventions did Thomas Edison create the first commercially successful version of in the year 1879?
A) The steam engine
B) The incandescent lightbulb
C) The telephone
D) The mechanized elevator
E) The typewriter
B
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Why did most Americans decline to file income tax returns prior to World War II?
A. The income tax previously applied only to high-income families and corporations. B. The income tax did not exist prior to the onset of World War II. C. The income tax was previously optional and paid at an individual's discretion. D. The income tax was relatively unknown prior to the 1960s.
The life of Lilly Martin Spencer best illustrates what development?
A) how hard it was for women to make a living B) the clash between women's wage earning and their role as mothers C) the typical life of a middle class woman D) None, her life was unusual.
By the time of Charlemagne, what new tool was coming into use?
A. the harvester B. the one-field system C. the moldboard plow D. the scythe E. the hammer
In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?
A) Eradicating slum conditions in cities B) The sexual revolution C) The theory of evolution D) Equal rights for women E) Restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews