What was the major reason why many children, such as these young boys working in a sausage factory, were hired as laborers by industrial employers?
A) Employers preferred hiring children over minority or female workers.
B) Employers could pay children less than one-half the wages of an adult laborer.
C) Children could be supervised by a parent or relative while working in the factories.
D) Children were able to perform more delicate tasks than what adult workers could do.
B
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A. heteronormativity B. emasculation C. feminism D. hegemonic masculinity
John D. Rockefeller used all of the following tactics to achieve success in the oil industry EXCEPT
a. employing company spies. b. extorting secret rebates from railroads. c. providing inferior oil products to sell them more cheaply. d. gaining a near-monopoly on oil refineries. e. mercilessly squeezing out his competitors.
What sect of Christianity had established itself in China by the Han and Tang dynasties?
a. Coptic b. Byzantine c. Nestorian d. Arian e. Roman Catholic
In the Jacksonian party system,
A. the Democrats supported a more active government, the Whigs a limited government. B. the Whigs supported a very active role for government; the Democrats generally favored a limited government. C. both parties promoted the market and commercialization equally. D. neither party believed moral questions should be injected into politics.