Most women workers of the 1890s worked
a. to achieve financial independence.
b. for the cultural glamour of being a working woman in American society.
c. for economic necessity.
d. to accumulate their retirement savings.
e. because their husbands preferred that they work.
c
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Competition to Meroe's economic predominance came from
A. Yoruba. B. Kush. C. Sahara. D. Axum. E. Saba.
Which statement summarizes the English crown's hope for Georgia?
a. Georgia would be a buffer state between South Carolina and Spanish Florida. b. Georgia would attract religious dissidents from Massachusetts Bay. c. Georgia would become a commercial success and a source of royal revenue. d. Georgia would become a model for a democratic state.
U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney and President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that
a. the union's leader, Eugene V. Debs, was a socialist. b. the strike against the railroads was crippling all parts of the American economy. c. the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property. d. shutting down the railroads threatened American national security. e. the strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail.
Why was 'yellow journalism' yellow?
What will be an ideal response?