Why did many workers during this period fight for shorter work days and higher wages?
A) to take part in leisure activities and buy material goods
B) to ensure unity among industrial workers in the urban areas
C) to build connections with rural laborers
D) to create racial unity among workers
A
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The Sedition Act of 1798
A. declared as treason any cooperation with a foreign government. B. criminalized organized rebellion. C. made it a crime to write or publish malicious claims about the government. D. extended the waiting period for obtaining citizenship.
The fundamental question in McCulloch v. Maryland involved the
A) implied powers of the Constitution. B) constitutionality of slavery. C) regulation of interstate commerce. D) enforcement of private contracts.
The Industrial Revolution in Britain was largely inspired by
A) the urgent need to solve the great poverty in the eighteenth century. B) the failure of the cottage industry. C) entrepreneurs who sought and accepted the new profitable manufacturing methods. D) the industrialization of the Dutch and French. E) the economic and technological needs engendered by the French Revolution.
The text states that World War I began because
a. flushed by its spectacular economic growth, the German Empire decided that it was the right time to expand. b. France was determined to get revenge for its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. c. the escalating tension between Britain and Germany led the latter to strike. d. Austria-Hungary believed itself to be in a life-and-death situation after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist. e. German militarism was uncontrollable.