Among the primary reasons that young farm women moved from the farm to work in textile mill towns in the early nineteenth century was to __________.
A. save their families from economic collapse
B. escape unhappy marriages
C. escape farm life and earn wages
D. find husbands
Answer: C
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A. Acts passed by Congress would also have to be approved by three-fourths of the state legislatures before becoming the law of the land. B. The state legislatures would become advisory bodies to a national Congress, thereby losing their power to enact laws. C. Proportional representation would be provided in both houses of a two-house legislature. D. An independent chief executive would be elected by direct vote of the people.
Under the Constitution, if no candidate wins a majority in the electoral college, __________ determines the president
A) the House of Representatives B) the Senate C) the Supreme Court D) a popular vote
Who of the following was prominent among Nativists?
A) Samuel F. B. Morse B) Martin Van Buren C) John Tyler D) James K. Polk
The new world created by industrialization led to
a. the increasing importance of the individual. b. the growing value of the nation over the locality. c. an idealization by some of the past as a golden age. d. an enthusiasm by some for progress. e. all of the above