Who invented a camera capable of taking multiple photos as a rate of one per second?

A. D. Phalke
B. Thomas Edison
C. Louis Lumière
D. Étienne-Jules Marey


Answer: D

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Following the Tet Offensive and America's subsequently accelerated military operations in the summer of 1968, the South Vietnamese government

A. welcomed the American negotiations with North Vietnam. B. expanded its control over heretofore Communist-dominated rural areas. C. experience a series of bloody coup d'état. D. remained as divided and ineffective as ever. E. undertook secret negotiations with the NLF designed to neutralize South Vietnam.

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In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted

A. approximately one-third of the national population. B. the largest reform movement in the nation. C. a small percentage of the national population. D. the majority of the population in the North. E. approximately one-quarter of the national population.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proposed to end segregation through

a. violent confrontation. b. compromise and accommodation. c. nonviolent direct action. d. interracial marriage. e. Supreme Court rulings.

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One method used by Queen Isabella to curb the power of the aristocracy was

A) abolition of the right of primogeniture. B) destruction of all baronial castles. C) heavy taxation of noble estates. D) appointment of officials from the lower nobility and the middle class.

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