Which of the following best summarizes the charge of many workers during the late nineteenth century?
A) a handful of industrialists and bankers enriched themselves at the expense of laborers
B) competition from immigrant groups hurt the situation of laborers
C) industrialists and bankers had put too much emphasize on workers' welfare and not on industrial expansion
D) the eight-hour workday would reduce overall productivity
A
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A) Confucianism. B) Buddhism. C) Zoroastrianism. D) Shinto. E) Hinduism.
President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he
a. was able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment. b. understood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers. c. had a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver. d. was unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis. e. was able to skillfully incorporate some Populist proposals into the Democratic party.
Fearful that their 1866 Civil Rights Act might be declared unconstitutional, the Radical Republicans:
A) required each state to pass its own civil rights laws. B) worked to gain full black male suffrage. C) gained passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. D) gained passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Commodore ____________________ destroyed an entire Spanish fleet in the Philippines
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word