For which invention, vital to the Industrial Revolution, is James Watt known?
a. The spinning jenny
b. The mule-powered Newcomen engine
c. A rotary steam engine that could drive factory machines
d. The first steam-powered locomotive
e. The power loom
c
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How did Asian Americans fare in the United States compared to other minority groups and the white majority?
a. Fewer than one out of two Asian youths graduated from high school, compared to more than three out of four black and Hispanic youths. b. Asian Americans were more affluent than other minority groups and many members of the white majority. c. Although Asian Americans had the highest percentage of college graduates of any minority group, they were less represented in colleges and universities than the white majority was. d. The median income for Asian American families was 20 percent lower than the national average.
Cecil Rhodes
A) was the leader of the Afrikaners. B) led the ill-fated Jameson raid against the Afrikaners. C) was an explorer of Africa. D) criticized European imperialism. E) was the president of the Transvaal.
How did postwar American society treat African-American veterans returning home?
A) Jobs were waiting for them. B) They were treated as heroes and exercised unprecedented civil rights. C) Racism had changed little during the war. D) Discrimination had all but evaporated.
What organization was formed when delegates from 51 nations converged on San Francisco in 1945?
A) United Nations B) NATO C) European Security Organization D) League of Nations E) ANZUS