The American Federation of Labor was comparatively successful because it
A. represented mostly unskilled labor.
B. stressed gradual, concrete gains for its members.
C. opened its ranks to women, blacks, and immigrants.
D. allied with the socialists.
Answer: B
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A) They were second highest grossing band from Great Britain in the 1960s. B) They were a group of hippies who lived in a commune in New Mexico that practiced free love. C) They part of the counterculture movement that wished to disrupt the Democratic Convention in Chicago. D) They were a group of Nixon supporters who attempted to infiltrate the anti-war protest movement. E) They were the remnants of a once proud Native American tribe that called for their independence from the United States.
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Knights of Labor?
A. preferred boycotts over strikes B. critical of the wage labor system C. welcomed all workers, regardless of ethnicity D. broad social reform platform
In 1996, California voters passed a controversial ballot initiative known as Proposition 209, which
A. provided stiffer penalties for employing illegal aliens in California. B. eliminated racial and gender preferences in hiring and college admissions. C. established immigration quotas for the state. D. tightened work restrictions on illegal aliens.
In passing the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), Congress intended to
(a) prevent large corporations from eliminating their competition (b) distinguish good trusts from bad trusts (c) regulate rates charged by railroads (d) force large trusts to bargain with labor unions