Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines.” Nevertheless, the UMWA was able to bridge the racial divide in that state, forming a powerful interracial labor union fifty years before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s would make racial integration the rule of the land. What is the connotation of the word powerful ?
In this excerpt, “powerful” describes the union’s ability to bring workers together across racial lines and have an impact. It means influential, not physically muscular, loud, or energetic. The correct choice is “influential.”
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