When did J. P. Morgan organize the U.S. Steel Corporation?
In 1901, John Pierpont Morgan financed the merger that resulted
in the formation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company.
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Who was the first American-born child of English settlers?
Virginia Dare, born in 1587 to English settlers of the “lost colony” of Roanoke Island. The entire colony disappeared; Dare’s death date is unknown.
How many chief justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have there been?
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In what century did Europeans discover Alaska?
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What was the first TV sitcom?
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What business was the target of the Homestead strike in Pennsylvania?
The five-month Homestead strike was begun in July 1892 by workers at Andrew Carnegie’s steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania. It began when Carnegie refused to recognize the workers’ right to negotiate as a union. Steelworks manager Henry Clay Frick brought in 300 Pinkerton guards to break the strike, but the workers drove them off in a…