The early American Federation of Labor can be best described as an alliance of __________
a. industrial unions that tried to change the economic system
b. industrial unions that tried to improve wages and working conditions
c. craft unions that tried to change the economic system
d. craft unions that tried to improve wages and working conditions
e. craft unions that gave its workers a political voice
D
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The victory at which of the following led to a boost in the American morale, made American troops "liberty mad" and was hailed in Europe as one of the great campaign of the century was
a) Brooklyn. b) Trenton and Princeton. c) Kip's Bay. d) Manhattan. e) Harlem Heights.
After October 1949, Truman was, perhaps unfairly, blamed for the "loss" of:
A) the Cold War. B) Eastern Europe. C) China. D) Vietnam.
Eva was a German immigrant who settled in America in the 1880s. She occupied and tended a 160-acre parcel of land, which she improved by working on it. Which of the following circumstances would enable Eva to gain ownership of the land?
A) If Eva's relatives occupied the adjoining piece of land for three years B) If Eva had actively participated in the Civil War C) If Eva was under the age of 20 D) If Eva had not received citizenship E) If Eva occupied the land for five years
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s approach to the problems of African Americans was that they should
A) organize local vigilante groups to respond to white violence. B) submit to white supremacy for the time being. C) advocate "Black Power" and refuse to cooperate with white liberals. D) protest discrimination by nonviolent, direct action.