A significant technology that transformed the lives of factory workers' hours was:
a. gas lighting.
b. electricity
c. indoor plumbing
d. regulation of clocks
e. public transportation.
Answer: a. gas lighting.
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A) electric lights. B) the electric motor. C) radio. D) the phonograph. E) the telephone.
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A) economy B) geography C) religion D) political traditions
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a. Calvin Coolidge. b. John W. Davis. c. Alfred E. Smith. d. Herbert Hoover. e. Robert La Follette.