In the mid-ninteenth century, the use of electricity spawned all of these new inventions EXCEPT:
a. trolleys
b. light bulbs
c. subways
d. spinning machines.
e. conveyor belts
d
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What is the word that describes America's new relationship with the Soviet Union, as fostered by Nixon and Kissinger?
A. divide and conquer B. SALT C. confrontation D. détente
On the eve of the French Revolution, all of these conditions existed EXCEPT
A. the hereditary aristocracy was still the most powerful class in European society. B. the nobles and clergy in France were effectively untaxed, even as the French treasury neared bankruptcy and millions were hungry. C. the bourgeoisie comprised about eight percent of the population. D. the peasants were enthusiastic for revolutionary change. E. monarchy was the norm for European governments.
Which of these was most likely the principal reason Spain found its North American border hard to hold?
A) lack of mineral resources B) lack of arable land C) its vastness D) Spanish-British hostilities E) the opposition of the Plains Indians
What was the significance of reporter H. L. Mencken's 1925 obituary for William Jennings Bryan, which flayed him as a "charlatan, a mountebank, a zany without shame or dignity"?
What will be an ideal response?