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What did reformers in the early 1800s claim were problems with the British parliamentary system? Choose two answers.

A
Too many women had been elected to Parliament.
B
Factory workers were making poor choices at the polls.
C
Only wealthy landowners were allowed to vote.
D
Rural areas had no representatives in Parliament.
E
Large cities were not well represented in Parliament.
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When workers go out on strike, they are

A
choosing to look for another job.
B
refusing to work until conditions improve.
C
helping their bosses by working harder.
D
joining a union.
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Which is the most likely explanation for the impact of World War I on the growth of voting opportunities for women?

A
Women served with courage on the battlefields, and they sought to be rewarded by being granted the right to vote.
B
New job opportunities opened up for women during the war, allowing them to take on new roles and gain public appreciation.
C
The large number of battlefield casualties resulted in not enough voters being available to take part in elections.
D
Legislators around the world agreed that if women had been able to vote, World War I would never have happened.
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Read this excerpt from a New York State commission investigating living and working conditions in tenement houses.Another great evil of tenement house manufacturing was the fact that it made legally possible the work of little children in manufacturing pursuits at home, when the law rigidly excludes them from such occupations in the factories. Children as young as five, six, and seven years of age were found doing work. One little girl, aged 7, testified that she worked until eight o’clock in the evening.

A
Fire and building safety codes were not being followed in factories.
B
Young children were doing manufacturing work in tenement houses.
C
Work done in tenements was more profitable than work done in factories.
D
Workers were not being allowed to organize unions or to hold meetings.
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This picture, taken by Lewis Hine, shows a 12-year-old factory worker in Vermont in 1912.

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A
Children are too young to be paid wages.
B
Workers should not engage in collective bargaining.
C
People should buy more textiles.
D
Children should not be working in factories.
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Factory owners may choose to negotiate with striking workers if they

A
fear their profits might be threatened.
B
decide they don’t want to pay workers not on the job.
C
fear for the safety of their families.
D
have guilty consciences that bother them.
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What were goals of Hine in publishing this photograph? Choose three answers.

A
to get laborers to work harder
B
to draw attention to the dangers of child labor
C
to show how mature child workers were for their ages
D
to show how young factory workers could be
E
to get Congress to ban child labor
F
to increase the salaries of child laborers
G
to show that children made good factory workers
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A
join unions
B
work longer hours
C
vote for better representation
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The list below describes working conditions in factories in the 1800s.What conclusion did reformers draw from the list?

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A
Factory work was preferable to life on a farm.
B
Changes were needed to improve working conditions.
C
Factory owners always did their best for workers.
D
The government should avoid getting involved in labor issues.
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Starting with the Reform Act of 1832, Parliament passed laws in the 1800s that gave voting rights to

A
most adult males.
B
most adult females.
C
landowners living in rural areas.
D
female factory workers.

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