In the preindustrial system, a boy who wanted to learn a trade __________.
A. was trained in an industrial school
B. became an apprentice to a master craftsman
C. would learn from an older family member
D. would have to teach himself
Answer: B
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
By 1830 the early, painful efforts at organizing workers resulted in
a. successful strikes in nearly every industry. b. a nationwide labor movement that held considerable political power. c. virtually no gains at all. d. a growing number of state laws that prohibited child labor. e. 300,000 trade unionists.
In classical Athens
a. the growth of democracy was accompanied by the simultaneous growth of slavery on a massive scale. b. a slave who was freed by his or her master became a citizen of the city-state. c. slaves made up no more than 3% of the total population. d. slavery was criticized by the greatest of the Greek philosophers including Aristotle, and was ultimately outlawed in society as a whole.
Which of the following was not a reason why few colonial Americans objected to the British navigation system after 1700?
A) The restrictions stimulated the development of an American merchant marine and American maritime industries. B) Parliament never restricted products such as grain, livestock, fish, lumber, or rum, which accounted for 60 percent of colonial exports. C) Tobacco growers were given a monopoly of the British market. D) The regulations primarily burdened tobacco and rice exporters, whose income was reduced by less than 3%. E) Most American colonies were prosperous and self-sufficient and did not need commercial connections with England to pursue their internal economic development.