The united states' status of first place among industrial nations was a result, in part, of:
an industrial slowdown in europe
the advent of mass production
the growth of the agricultural industry
the war of 1812

As the coach of the u.s. olympic cycling team, i can state without question that the swedish and french teams were using illegal steroids. how else could they have beaten us so badly in the last competition? the u.s. team trained much harder and was much more skilled than our opponents. we only lost because a few teams cheated.

Before the civil war, the constitution protected slavery -true -false

What was a major failing of the united states government under the articles of confederation?