All the following factors inhibited the growth of better labor standards EXCEPT
A. ethnic divisions among workers.
B. the political strength of industrial capitalists.
C. the inability of women to form craft unions.
D. laws and courts hostile to the labor movement.
E. the large number of immigrant workers.
Answer: C
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a. was a more galvanizing and more violent phenomenon among the lower classes in the United States than it was in Europe. b. was less than in Europe because of America's greater level of social mobility. c. was dampened by the fact large numbers of Americans in post–Civil War era made small improvements in their economic and social status. d. was diluted by differences in social mobility, according to race and ethnicity. e. All of these choices are correct.
Obstacles to meeting the challenge of global warming include all of the following except
a. possible negative effects upon economic growth. b. unwillingness of most countries to take unilateral action. c. the lack of cooperation among advanced and developing nations. d. a consensus among scientists that global warming is the result of natural rather than human actions. e. politicians fear to embrace proposed measures.
The Watergate scandal began in 1972 with a break-in at the
A. House of Representatives. B. office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. C. offices of the Democratic National Committee. D. headquarters of the George McGovern campaign. E. Washington Post newspaper building.
What role do you think the Europeans' sense of their own cultural superiority played in the conquest and colonization of the "New World?" Use examples from both Spanish and English experiences to illustrate your argument
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