Terence V. Powderly would agree with which of the following statements?
a) Union membership should be open to all laborers regardless of race, gender, or skill.
b) Union membership should be restricted to white male skilled workers.
c) Labor strikes were the only way for workers to wrest concessions from employers.
d) Harmony and cooperation between workers and employers was impossible.
a) Union membership should be open to all laborers regardless of race, gender, or skill.
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Which of the following was a major outcome of the Market Revolution in the West?
A) It prevented farmers from specializing in what they grew best. B) It led to the formation of a wheat belt from western New York to Wisconsin. C) It encouraged the population in the West to leave the area in search of better prospects. D) It led to the formation of a corn belt from Buffalo to Florida. E) It resulted in the creation of a cotton belt from New York to Columbia.
During the 1950s, the general economic conditions of the United States included
A. stagnant economic growth.
B. a slowly rising gross national product.
C. high inflation.
D. low federal government spending.
E. low unemployment.
The most valuable commodity for the Spanish in the Americas was
A) minerals like silver and gold. B) sugar and rum. C) tobacco. D) furs. E) timber.
By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from
A. southern and eastern Europe. B. Great Britain and Germany. C. Ireland and Italy. D. China and Japan. E. Mexico and Central America.