Businesses organized company towns mainly __________.
A. to improve the lives of their workers
B. to maximize company control over workers' lives
C. at the demand of unions
D. under government pressure
Answer: B
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a. Intellectuals and rural masses alike expressed great concern for national revival. b. The middle class appealed to the greatness of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance as inspiration for expelling the Austrians. c. Italians who had served under Napoleon willingly agreed to the restoration of clerical and feudal privileges. d. Italian merchants showed little interest in breaking down trade barriers between the states, preferring to concentrate their energies in their own territories. e. All Italians showed disinterest in continuing the process of enlightened reform initiated by the French.
Who was the presidential nominee of the new Constitutional Union Party in 1860?
A) William Seward B) John Bell C) Stephen Douglas D) John Breckinridge
The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it
a. expressed the importance of self-government b. established freedom of religion c. created the first colonial judiciary d. granted all males the right to vote
The world's population consumed __________ as much fossil fuel in the early 2000s as in 1950
A) 50 percent B) twice C) five times D) ten times