The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad in part because
A. most were experienced in railroad construction.
B. their more well-established unions won the railroad contracts.
C. most were forced into working for the railroads.
D. they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept.
E. they had no other employment prospects.
D
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Women were given the right to take qualifying exams for medical school in Britain in 1876 by
A) a resolution of Royal College of Physicians in London. B) a proclamation of Queen Victoria. C) the deans of Oxford. D) an act of Parliament. E) the faculty of Cambridge University.
The decisions of the Marshall Court established
A) the power of the federal government to promote economic growth B) the role of the president as a mediator in controversial affairs C) the strength of state governments in regulating private businesses D) the idea that the federal government could not regulate interstate commerce
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A. Most u.s. legislators were foreign born B. The natural population growth of the u.s. Was small C. Favorable economic conditions in Europe kept immigration low to the u.s. D. There was a demand for labor in the u.s.