What Invention Was Considered the Perfect Metaphor for the "Spirit

question 125

Multiple Choice

What invention was considered the perfect metaphor for the "spirit of mechanism"?​

• A)​automobile
• B)pneumatic pressure​
• C)​metronome
• D)clock
• E)computer

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Definitions:

Wilmot Proviso

A proposed, but never enacted, amendment in 1846 that aimed to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, intensifying the pre-Civil War debates over slavery.

Missouri Compromise

Deal proposed by Kentucky senator Henry Clay in 1820 to resolve the slave/free imbalance in Congress that would result from Missouri’s admission as a slave state; Maine’s admission as a free state offset Missouri, and slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri.

Railway System

A network of tracks on which trains run, serving as a critical infrastructure for the transport of passengers and goods over land, significantly contributing to economic development and urbanization.

American Economy

The economic system of the United States, characterized by a mixed economy that includes private freedom combined with centralized economic planning and government regulation.