Which one of the following statements accurately describes the cowboys on the Texas cattle drives?
A. Nearly 90 percent of them were Hispanic.
B. About one-third of them were either black or Hispanic.
C. Over 90 percent of them were white males.
D. Most of them were immigrants recruited from Europe specifically for these jobs.
B
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The main demand of the strikers gathered at Haymarket Square in Chicago was __________
A) an eight-hour workday B) collective bargaining rights C) workers' pensions D) police protection of union leaders
In the segregated South, blacks were subjected to
A) ?segregated railroad cars and public facilities. B) ?literacy test requirements designed to keep them from voting. C) ?lynching and other forms of violence. D) ?poll tax requirements designed to keep them from voting. E) ?All of the above.
Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850's?
a. The admission of California as a free state b. The establishment of the principle of popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession c. The ban on the slave trade in the District of Columbia d. The continued protection of slavery in the District of Columbia e. The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law
Which was the first state to approve the new Constitution?
A) New Jersey B) Pennsylvania C) Georgia D) Delaware