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AP US History Flashcards: Technological Innovation

Study Technological Innovation in AP US History with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Identify the innovation that transformed urban lighting in the 19th century.

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ANSWER

Gas lighting. Provided brighter, more reliable illumination than candles or oil.

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AP US History: Period 6: 1865–1898

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A secondary source written in 1892 notes that mechanized reapers, improved steel plows, and new grain elevators increased farm output, but falling prices and rising debt pushed many farmers toward political activism. Which late-19th-century movement most clearly drew strength from these technological and economic pressures?
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