The violent 1849 Astor Place Riot developed from long-standing hostilities between __________.
A. freed African Americans and white planters
B. German Catholic immigrants and Jews
C. Irish immigrants and the British
D. Chinese immigrant workers and Irish railroad laborers
Answer: C
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Which of the following was demonstrated by the revolutionary agenda of 1848?
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Which of these factors did not contribute to workers' increasing unhappiness and frustration in the late nineteenth century?
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Throughout the 1780s, the British government refused to send a diplomatic minister to America.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)