George Westinghouse invented the air brake for trains
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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In the 1970s, a new, complex economic problem called ____ emerged, combining high inflation with high unemployment
a. deregulation b. recession c. stagflation d. hyper-stimulation e. nonflation
The Harvard-trained historian who published a pioneering textbook on African American history was __________
A) U.B. Phillips B) C. Vann Woodward C) John Hope Franklin D) Robert C. Weaver
The developing consumer culture emphasized the purchasing of goods, even if this meant going into debt, departing from the thrift and self-denial that had previously defined good character.
a. true b. false
What allowed West Africans to resist the initial and subsequent Portuguese attempts to conquer their nations in the 1400s?
A) The strategic use of powerful small canoes frustrated Portuguese military efforts even before they landed on unknown shores. B) The massive and well-equipped West African armies overwhelmed the fewer, poorly equipped Portuguese soldiers on land. C) The Portuguese were not resistant to deadly African diseases. D) The Portuguese were half-hearted and ambivalent about their attempts to conquer these African nations.