Which of the following issues became the focus of workers around the country in 1886?
A) the eight-hour work day
B) child labor
C) the $3 per hour minimum wage
D) workplace safety regulations
A
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Japan, like Italy and Germany, benefited from its aggressive militaristic-nationalistic policies because of which of the following?
a. big corporations profited from lucrative government policies and military spending. b. the acquisition of Manchuria boosted the economy. c. employment increased. d. all of the following. e. public support for the ultranationalist government increased.
The Declaration of Independence
A. was never formally approved by the Second Continental Congress. B. borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents. C. called for the formation of a two-party democracy. D. originally recommended that all slaves be freed. E. avoided making any direct criticism of the king.
The spinning jenny was created to allow one worker to spin many threads at one time
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The Republican vision of America as proposed by Thomas Jefferson included the ideal of
A) a diversified and complex economy B) a large and powerful federal government C) a society of sturdy, independent farmers D) an urbanized nation with cities to rival those of Europe