The Knights of Labor declined for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) its leader Terence Powderly died.
b) their preoccupation with local politics.
c) the Haymarket affair discredited the union.
d) its leadership was devoted more to reform than to the nuts and bolts of organization.
e) popular fears that the organization was too radical.
Answer: a) its leader Terence Powderly died.
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A. the emergence of a single political party semi-dictatorship. B. extension of voting rights to all women in 1926. C. extension of voting rights to all men in 1925. D. growth of labor unions on the political right and ultranationalist groups on the left. E. the emperor's abdication, where it was discovered he was not truly divine.
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a. all Americans over the age of 60 b. dispossessed farmers c. veterans of World War I d. widows with two or more children e. unemployed urban workers
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a. downplaying the costs of his Great Society programs. b. securing the unwavering loyalty of southern voters. c. making racial justice the centerpiece of his platform. d. focusing on women's rights and appeals to female voters. e. depicting his rival as a "trigger-happy" cowboy who would lead the nation into a third world war.
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A) ?Less than 10 percent B) ?Between 40 percent and 50 percent C) ?About 75 percent D) ?Less than one percent E) ?Over 90 percent