What was the primary reason during the 1870s and 1880s for the staggering extermination of the buffalo, which reduced their population by nearly three million and resulted in massive piles of skulls sent to fertilizer plants?
A) preventing disruption to incoming trains
B) forcing the Plains Indians to become dependent on reservations
C) supplying the East with fashionable buffalo robes
D) organizing elaborate hunting parties for Eastern and European social elites
B
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Why did industrialization pose a threat to the status and independence of skilled male workers?
A) Jobs that used to be performed in the United States were moved overseas. B) Most skilled workers did not have the education to make the transition to industrial work. C) Women were able to find high-paying, high-status work in industry. D) Many routine manufacturing tasks were mechanized.
Which of the following characterized labor unions in late nineteenth-century America?
a) They had an antagonistic relationship with the government. b) They were controlled by the international workers’ movement. c) They established a political party that represented workers. d) They all welcomed immigrants regardless of race or gender.
What was the purpose of the Aztec practice of the "flowery war"?
A) initiate monks into the priesthood B) rehearse for battles against an enemy C) obtain prisoners for human sacrifices D) celebrate the Aztec emperor's birthday
When did slavery end in Brazil?
a. 1853 b. 1865 c. 1804 d. 1888