Under the __________ system, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution
a. finishing-off system
b. mass production system
c. piecework system
d. putting-out system
e. cottage industry system
D
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Many of the African captives believed that they were going to be __________
A) dumped overboard when the ship stopped B) eaten by savage whites C) beaten until dead D) returned home eventually
Who delivered a 1950 speech about "communist subversion" and went on to make accusations against suspected communists within and beyond the ranks of the government?
A) ?Dwight Eisenhower B) ?J. Edgar Hoover C) ?Douglas MacArthur D) ?Joseph McCarthy E) ?Harry Truman
The Ford Motor Company paid male workers $5.00 per day, considered a “family wage,” if their wives did not work for money inside or outside the family. What was the motivation for this economic arrangement?
a. Male-dominated unions negotiated this pay so their wives could stay home and take care of the family. b. The legislature passed a “family wage” for industry to improve the quality of life of factory workers. c. Ford enacted this policy to reduce this turnover and lessen the threat of unionization. d. Religious groups pressured Ford to protect the traditional family.
In January 1917, President Wilson gave an important speech in which he called for a permanent league of nations and a "peace without ________."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).