GED Social Studies GED-Social-Studies GED Study Notes

In 1885, Granville T. Woods patented a device that combined the telegraph (first used in the 1840s) with the telephone (patented in the 1870s) and called it a "telegraphony." Instead of reading or writing the Morse code signals, an operator could speak near the telegraph key. This device made it possible to receive oral and signaled messages clearly over the same line.In addition to the telegraph, telephone, and telegraphony, the typewriter was invented around this time.

Which of the following statements best describes the long-term effects of these inventions on life in the United States in the early twentieth century?

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This 1868 lithograph shows an idealized scene presenting farmers and settlers from the East, along with railroads, moving into lands already occupied by Native Americans.

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This 1868 lithograph shows an idealized scene presenting farmers and settlers from the East, along with railroads, moving into lands already occupied by Native Americans.

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Which technology contributed to greater wheat harvests in the West?

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If the trends in the graph at the left continued, a businessperson planning to open a successful car dealership in April 2000 should have taken which action?

In 1963, President Johnson secured approval from Congress to begin his War on Poverty, which allocated $1 billion to the Office of Economic Opportunity to increase employment programs. President Johnson supported the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of color, race, religion, gender, or national origin in public accommodations and employment. After election to a term as president, he introduced Medicare, which provided a two-part plan that insured all Americans over 65 against expensive hospital bills and provided inexpensive insurance for those covered by Social Security.

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Based on the information, which statement is an OPINION rather than a fact about the Johnson administration?