During the 1920s, most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT
A. a rise in wages.
B. income levels at the "minimum comfort level."
C. employers trying to keep their labor costs low.
D. little control over their economic fate.
E. few opportunities to join a company union.
E
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As a result of the Hepburn Act, __________________.
A. the government gained sufficient power to stop all railroad abuses B. the government gained the power to regulate working hours in the railroad industry C. workers in the railroad industry received higher wages and the promise of automatic cost-of-living increases D. the ICC gained more authority to fix railroad rates, but the courts could still overturn rate decisions
How were the Janissaries kept loyal to the central government?
A) by using their families as hostages B) through their constant movement and their salaries C) through threats and surveillance D) through their perceived sense of having a special status E) by threatening Allah's wrath should they veer from their prescribed duty
What were pogroms?
a. Religious ceremonies convened to ask for God's help against the plague b. Small woolen balls people coughed into when infected with the plague c. Organized massacres against the Jews d. The name given to people believed to be responsible for the Black Death e. Mysterious sites where people could go to miraculously recover from the plague
The janissaries were recruited from
A. the ranks of the Ottoman military elite. B. the local Christian population in the Balkans. C. the Mamluk slave armies. D. the Ottoman countryside. E. Italy, France, and Spain.