The American workforce in the early nineteenth century was characterized by
a. substantial employment of women and children in factories.
b. strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective.
c. a general lengthening of the workday from ten to fourteen hours.
d. extensive union activity among workers.
e. reliance on the system of apprentices and masters.
a
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A) admitting Utah as a free state B) a tougher fugitive slave act C) the continuation of the slave trade only in Washington, D.C. D) the admission of Oregon as a free state
Why did many Southerners object to the incorporation of state militias into a Confederate Army?
A) They feared that a national military would be expensive. B) They believed state militias would be more effective. C) They saw it as violating states' rights. D) They anticipated fighting a guerrilla war rather than a more conventional war. E) They objected to the possibility of military rule.
What most accurately describes the Russian army between 1914 and 1917?
a. It was well armed. b. It was poorly led. c. It was smaller than the armies of the other great powers. d. It went from victory to victory. e. It was highly professional.
Arminianism held that
A) sacraments and religious ritual should be abolished. B) God's grace can be merited by human beings. C) Calvinism was not rigorous enough on predestination. D) only Catholicism can be traced to the time of Christ and the apostles. E) only Puritanism could save the Church of England.