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What accounted for the formation and rise of the Congress of Industria

What accounted for the formation and rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)? A) The desire in the American Federation of Labor to form an equal organization that catered to different workers. B) The success of communists in infiltrating the labor movement. C) The need for workers not admitted by the American Federation of […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Discuss the chief characteristics and accomplishments of the Mayan Emp

Discuss the chief characteristics and accomplishments of the Mayan Empire. What will be an ideal response?   ANSWER The ideal answer should include: 1. Mayan culture flourished between 300 and 900. 2. They derived their calendar and many other aspects of their culture from the Olmec. 3. The Maya built huge stone temples and held […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

Which of the following gave American manufacturers an advantage over t

Which of the following gave American manufacturers an advantage over their counterparts in Germany? A) The United States was noted for its highly skilled laborers and the precision, high quality, and wide variety of its manufactured products. B) Americans made fewer models of the same item, settled for lower standards of precision and quality, but […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

What were the three main consequences of the near-extinction of the na

What were the three main consequences of the near-extinction of the native West Indian population in the wake of contact with Europeans? What will be an ideal response?   ANSWER The ideal answer should include: 1. After the arrival of the Spanish, 95 percent of the West Indian population was wiped out within a generation. […]

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Date: September 9th, 2020

One of the greatest impacts of the great migration was A) decrease in

One of the greatest impacts of the great migration was A) decrease in racial discrimination in the South. B) increased availability of home loans to African-American families. C) the expansion of racial discrimination as a national issue. D) the movement of large numbers of African-Americans from the South to the West.   ANSWER Answer: C

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Date: September 9th, 2020