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What did factory owners do to prevent unions from forming?
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They paid off union leaders so they would stay away.B
They had union leaders arrested for no cause.C
They only hired workers who promised they would not join a union.D
They used force to end union activities.2
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The word for political or social change is
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abolition.B
strike.C
reform.D
suffrage.3
Women did not get the right to vote in Britain or in the United States until
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the 1890s.B
the 1920s.C
the 1930s.D
the 1960s.4
What were the major problems in the British parliamentary system? Check all that apply.
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Only five percent of the population was able to vote.B
Only wealthy landowners were able to vote.C
Only wealthy business owners were able to vote.D
Large cities were extremely underrepresented.E
Large and small cities had equal representation.5
During industrialization, what were the attitudes toward the use of enslaved labor?
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Calls for the abolition of slavery increased.B
Even more enslaved persons were put to work in factories.C
Factory owners refused to use enslaved persons as their workers.D
Runaway enslaved persons were not prosecuted.6
In both Britain and the United States, what happened in the 1870s that limited child labor?
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As unions became stronger, they didn’t allow children under 14 to work.B
Laws passed in both countries prohibited children under 14 from working.C
Laws passed in both countries limited children to work only 8 hours a day.D
Compulsory education and attendance laws were passed in both countries.7
Who was instrumental in leading the movement for child labor reform?
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Lewis HineB
William WilberforceC
ParliamentD
Congress8
What was one way the passage of the Factory Acts (1844–1847) affected labor?
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Laborers’ work hours were limited.B
Laborers won the right to unionize.C
Laborers could no longer strike.D
Laborers earned yearly vacation time.9
This is a picture of workers in a factory.
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to advertise that kids could get jobsB
to expose the horrors of child laborC
to show pride in children at workD
to show that night workers were needed10
What was going on in Europe that most likely influenced the reform movements of the 1800s?
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Governments were slow to act.B
Populations were increasing rapidly.C
Revolutions were spreading across Europe.D
Populations were decreasing as a result of emigration.Did you find these answers helpful?
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