The 1950s is usually portrayed as a decade marked by all the following EXCEPT
A) complacent confidence. B) sharp social conflict.
C) bland conformity. D) materialistic consumerism.
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The greatest concerns of slave trader Thomas Phillips seem to be
a. the health of his men and his own profits. b. the profits available to distribute among his men and the health of his crew. c. the health of the Africans and his risk of catching a dreadful disease. d. his financial well-being and personal comfort.
Advocates of the free labor ideology viewed labor strikes as
a. dangerous, subversive plots. b. unfortunate misunderstandings that could be solved by prayer. c. evidence of the increased influence of foreign immigrants. d. justification for forming a new political party. e. positive events that helped free workers improve their working conditions.
The work and family schedules of the overwhelming majority of early American colonists were set by
a. they cycles of the season and the sun. b. the demands of commercial merchant employers c. the distinctive laws of each American colony. d. the mothers and wives of American colonial fathers and husbands. e. none of the these choices.