Whose ideas did factory owners reflect in making their “black lists” of workers who complained about working conditions?
a) Adam Smith, who maintained that employers and workers had “natural liberty” to give and accept labor, just like any other commodity
b) Thomas Hobbes, who argued that life was “nasty, brutish, and short”
Consider This: Who argued that “free labor” would produce the most efficient working economy since the marketplace would set wages? See 7.6: Narrative: Children’s Work.
c) James Watt, who required precise attention to detail to make his engine work
Consider This: Who argued that “free labor” would produce the most efficient working economy since the marketplace would set wages? See 7.6: Narrative: Children’s Work.
d) George II and his ministers, who maintained that a mercantilist system was what England needed
Consider This: Who argued that “free labor” would produce the most efficient working economy since the marketplace would set wages? See 7.6: Narrative: Children’s Work.
a) Adam Smith, who maintained that employers and workers had “natural liberty” to give and accept labor, just like any other commodity
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At the start of the Civil War, the
A. South had a massive reserve of cash. B. North had more advanced industrial and transportation systems. C. South had more combat-age males. D. South had more and better railroads. E. North was unified by a commitment to end slavery.
Slaves’ diets in the period between 1820 and 1860 were __________
A) equal to the diets of whites because they ate plenty of fresh vegetables B) poor by today’s standards C) European in style because the master refused to let them cook D) similar to today’s standards in nutrition but not in quantity of food