Besides the fact that its all-inclusive membership undermined its unity, why did the Knights of Labor collapse in the late 1880s?
A) Workers became disillusioned when a series of unauthorized strikes failed.
B) A large percentage of the population became alienated by the union's failure to offer membership to black workers.
C) Its attempts to bribe elected officials led to embarrassing scandals.
D) Skilled workers became angered by the union's plan to help unskilled workers.
E) The union's support of Karl Marx angered many capitalists.
A
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A) celebrated the romance and grandeur of warfare. B) was written from the perspective of a non-combatant. C) was Lenin's manifesto demanding the withdrawal of Russia from World War I. D) was an essay written on the occasion of the end of the war to commemorate war as a glorious and noble endeavor. E) exposed the grim realities of trench warfare.
Women played a major role in the transition to crop cultivation because
a. they were unsuited for heavier work. b. they were the primary gatherers of wild plant foods. c. only women lived very long in farming settlements. d. since women did the cooking, it was natural for them to grow the plants. e. it's easy to do agriculture and raise children at the same time.
General Ulysses S. Grant was known for his
A) reluctance to spend lives in bloody assaults B) aggressive assault on Confederate resources despite the high casualties and loss of life. C) mild mannered behavior D) subtle tactical genius
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