________ invented the incandescent or electric lightbulb.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Thomas Edison
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How would one BEST describe Columbus's performance as an administrator of Hispaniola?
A) incompetent and brief in duration but not as vicious as many of his successors B) highly competent, popular with Spaniards, and fairly long in duration C) highly competent, but unpopular with Spaniards, and fairly short in duration D) incompetent and long in duration, but more vicious than many of his successors
The arrival of Irish and German immigrants spurred an anti-Catholic backlash from the Anglo American Protestant core of the nation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
One of the greatest changes that industrialization brought about in the lives of workers was
a. their movement to the suburbs. b. the need for them to adjust their lives to the time clock. c. enjoying less physical comforts and a declining standard of living. d. the narrowing of class divisions. e. the encounter with other races.
Which of the following statements about the growth of slavery in the colonies is accurate?
A. Only in the middle Atlantic and the South were slaves essential to the economic productivity of a colony. B. In early colonial life, slaves made it possible for cotton to become the primary export crop in Georgia and South Carolina. C. A higher percentage of slaves in New England colonies worked as domestics and tradespeople than in the Chesapeake and the South. D. Virginian coastal cities remained the biggest ports for the importation of slaves. E. New England colonies each only had about half the number of slaves as the southern colonies.