In addition to bringing together delegates from twelve of the colonies, what was the significance of the First Continental Congress?
What will be an ideal response?
It shifted the protest from focus on Boston to a coordinated effort.
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How did mutual aid societies evolve over time?
A) They were patterned after Native American institutions. B) They were always blind to color difference, especially within black society. C) They were similar to insurance companies in providing death and sick benefits. D) They perpetuated racial discrimination in the insurance industry.
What do most modern historians believe was the underlying cause of the breakup of the Union?
a. religious leaders promising salvation or damnation to each side b. politicians and agitators stirring public opinion into a frenzy c. ideological differences over the morality and utility of slavery d. a clash of economic interests between agrarian and industrialized regions e. infighting within political parties
Child labor
A) began with the industrial transformation. B) was limited to short workdays and easy tasks. C) was hard and physically harmful. D) was not used in mines or textile mills. E) was not used in the agricultural sector.
In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters
A. demanded that Congress establish a program of unemployment insurance. B. organized a march on Washington as part of plans to overthrow the government. C. called for a public works program for the unemployed. D. demanded that Congress nationalize the railroads. E. were arrested by police, with many later deported as anarchists.