Upton Sinclair described the __________ as the "wage slaves of the Beef Trust."
a. consumers of unsanitary beef
b. inhumanely treated cows
c. poorly paid meat packers
d. African American indentured servants
e. politicians whom owners bribed
C
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What was one of the weaknesses of the consumer goods economy?
a. Mass production resulted in the depletion of crucial natural resources. b. Labor disputes disrupted the production process and damaged economic growth. c. The quality of the goods that were produced was substandard. d. It led to the spread of national supermarket and department store chains. e. The production of so-called durable goods eventually decreased demand.
The two separate Palestinian uprisings against Israel in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip of 1987?1993 and 2000?present are known as
A) intifadas. B) neocolonialism. C) jihad. D) PLO. E) mullahs.
All of the following is true of indentured laborers EXCEPT:
a. English planters in Barbados imported English and Irish indentured laborers for tobacco, cotton, indigo, and ginger production. b. After English and Irish workers became unwilling to migrate as indentured laborers, law courts sentenced those accused of crimes to “transportation” to serve as indentured labor. c. Many poor English and Irish people were tricked or kidnapped into being “transported” for that purpose. d. Indenture was abandoned because African slaves quickly proved a better source of labor.
Who wrote, "The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural....rights of man and woman"?
a. de Gouges b. Grimke c. Shelley d. Wollstonecraft e. Zola