Why did women textile workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, form the Female Labor Reform Association?
a. to fight for safer working conditions
b. to fight for a weekly holiday
c. to agitate for shorter working hours
d. to agitate for the exclusion of immigrants
Answer: c. to agitate for shorter working hours
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The Free Speech Movement organized by Mario Savio in 1964 had its start at __________ after this school's administration shut down an off-campus area where students could hand out political pamphlets or give speeches
A) Kent State University B) the University of California, Berkeley C) the University of Michigan D) the University of Mississippi
According to the Kentucky Resolutions, ________
A) ultimate power always remained with the federal government B) states had the right to nullify federal law under certain circumstances C) the Sedition Act was worthy of enforcement by the states D) Kentucky chose to remain neutral in the contest between Hamilton and Jefferson E) the “general welfare” of the nation should be the guiding principle in state decisions
Protestants were concerned about corruption in . . .
a. the Catholic Church. b. the government. c. the Orthodox Church. d. the monarchy.
Many new immigrants worried that upon arriving to America they would be treated like _______ and denied privileges.
A. Women B. Native Americans C. African-American D. None of the above