Which positive action was taken as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire?
A) Safety conditions were improved and work hours for women were limited.
B) Women were allowed to unionize.
C) Large annual bonuses were given to women workers.
D) Women received health care and paid vacations.
Answer: A
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A) Ex-slaves began to work the land around Port Royal, and some were able to purchase property. B) It was a southern experiment to re-institute slavery but the experiment failed when Lincoln discovered it. C) It was an attempt to force slaves into industrial labor in the North. D) Blacks there were immediately forced on ships to go to Africa.
The Griswold v. Connecticut decision made it legal for married couples to
A) ?obtain birth control. B) ?adopt a child from another race or ethnicity. C) ?receive governmental aid when both parents are working if both do not make a living wage. D) ?get a divorce in a different state in which they were married. E) None of these are correct.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Buddhism?
A. One form of wisdom comes from realizing pain, poverty, and sorrow come from the attachment to things of this world. B. Its relative egalitarianism teaching that all human beings could aspire to Nirvana. C. The ability of women to become monks who were on equal footing with the men. D. It was much simpler than other existing beliefs. E. Teaching the material world is an illusion that needs to be transcended.
The verdict of the 1734-1735 libel trial of New York publisher John Peter Zenger
A. resulted in the closure of several colonial newspapers. B. banned all printed attacks on the king or Parliament in the colonies. C. restricted the ability of the press to report on government affairs. D. increased freedom of the press in the colonies. E. ruled that criticisms by the press, even if factually accurate, were libelous.