The most important early achievement of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1890 was:
A) the union's public recognition as America's first effective union.
B) the union's entering the political arena and becoming recognized nationally.
C) Gompers's own cigar makers' union establishing the eight-hour workday.
D) the union's reaching a total membership of approximately 10,000.
E) Gompers' leading of the members in protest to overthrow the capitalist system.
C
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What impact did Free-Soil candidate Martin Van Buren have on the election of 1848?
A) He cost Lewis Cass New York and Pennsylvania, and with these two states the election. B) He forced Lewis Cass to take a much stronger stand on slavery than he wanted to. C) He cost Zachary Taylor Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and with these two states the election. D) He had no impact on the outcome of the election, but had a profound effect on the public debate over slavery.
Which part of the American Southwest produced the most agricultural goods in 1890?
a) California b) New Mexico Territory c) Arizona Territory d) Nevada
Consider the events leading to the end of the slave trade. What economic factors led to the rise and eventual abolition of the slave trade? Would it have been possible for the slave trade to end earlier than it did? What did the end of the slave trade mean to the slave traders and the slaves?
What will be an ideal response?
Aside from ending slavery, blacks enlisted into the Union Army because they
a. wanted to prove their manhood and strengthen their postwar claim to full American citizenship. b. desperately needed the jobs that military service provided. c. wanted revenge against abusive slave masters. d. hoped to obtain military pensions. e. None of these choices are correct.