Which statement best describes how rural people adapted to industrial wage labor?
a. Most adjusted quickly because the high wages were worth the dangerous working conditions.
b. They adjusted quickly and enjoyed the shorter days and easier work.
c. They adjusted quickly because the factory schedule was similar to a farming schedule.
d. They adjusted slowly and resisted factory discipline through tardiness, absenteeism, and drunkenness.
e. Most adjusted slowly because labor unions worked to make the transition to full-time factory work a gradual one.
D
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A) The United States had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. B) The United States had been drilling their own oil and no longer needed sources from the Middle East. C) The United States had pushed for the development of alternative sources of energy. D) Japan had threatened a boycott of all oil exhumed from the Middle East.
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A) assessed high taxes on Texans. B) established concentration camps. C) arrested Texan political leaders. D) prohibited slavery.
Abigail Adams believed that the president should be
a) a college graduate. b) someone with a military background. c) spared criticism in times of crisis. d) resourceful and have lots of connections. e) merely a figurehead with little actual authority.
Whites were rarely, if ever, sympathetic to the Civil Rights Movement
A) True B) False