_____________ started the electric utility industry in 1882 with his Pearl Street Station, and the number of power plants he started quickly grew after that.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: Thomas Edison
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During President Reagan's first term, the nation's environmental movement was reenergized because of _____________.
A. the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant B. the views and actions of Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James Watt C. President Reagan's veto of the Clean Air Act D. crop failures in the Midwest obviously caused by the greenhouse effect
At the turn of the century, most home garment finishers in the United States were
________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The Preemption Acts during the 1830s and 1840s
A) increased the minimum amount of public-land purchases. B) reserved choice public lands for the political elite. C) encouraged westward migration by protection of "squatters' rights." D) offered free government land to prospective settlers.
During most of the 1970s, Iran
a. allied itself with the nearby Soviet Union against Western threats to seize Iran's oil. b. was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. c. suffered economic depression as a result of deep declines in the price of oil. d. was allied with Israel in Iran's war against Iraq. e. successfully managed to solve its various social and economic challenges, including a major reform program which distributed land to Iran's peasant farmers.