Members of the middle class defined themselves as those who
A. owned large farms.
B. worked with their heads rather than their hands.
C. had incomes in the middle of the economic spectrum.
D. were masters of inheritable trades.
Answer: B
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In the mid 1850s, the Whig party divided into Conscience Whigs and Conservatives along the following lines:
A) Conscience Whigs were pro tariff and conservatives were not. B) Conscience Whigs opposed slavery; conservatives embraced the Compromise of 1850. C) Conscience Whigs were generally Southerners; conservatives were from the North. D) Conscience Whigs wanted to ban immigration; conservatives supported limitations on immigration but not an outright ban. E) Conscience Whigs favored government-sponsored internal improvements; conservatives thought states should pay for their own improvements.
Which of the following was a call to Americans to develop their own culture independent of European thought?
a. Common Sense b. "The American Scholar" c. Walden d. The Dial e. "Self-Reliance"
In the 1890s, Florence Kelley and the National Consumers League sought to
A. force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions for workers. B. protect family businesses from the competition of corporate retailers. C. encourage immigrants to become greater consumers. D. improve the safety and quality of consumer products. E. All these answers are correct.
The March on Washington was also known as the march for “__________.”
A) Jobs and Freedom B) Justice and Equality C) Brotherhood and Liberty D) Peace and Unity