Pumping water, sand and chemicals into the ground to recover more oil or natural gas from the ground is a technology called

In the 15th century the rulers of the Muslim Ottoman Empire rejected which new technology that was being widely used in Europe?

a. the printing press b. the steam engine c. the telescope d. indoor plumbing

Which of the following describes the group dubbed the "Whiskey Ring" during the Grant administration?

A. his inner circle of advisors, so named because of Grant's famous fondness for whiskey. B. a group of revenue officials, all political appointees, who conspired with distillers to evade taxes on a massive scale. C. a group who planned to invade the neighboring territories to the west and set up a new country, so named because they shipped weapons hidden in whiskey barrels. D. a group of treasonous Union soldiers who were convicted and hung as a result of their use of alcohol smuggling to support the Confederacy.