Labor & Populists DOL

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Which result completes this diagram? (3.B) Options: Ratification of a suffrage amendment, Building of the transcontinental railroad, Passage of prohibition legislation, Expansion of labor unions

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Expansion of labor unions

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Which of the following occurred between 1865 and 1900 as a result of the rapid industrialization of the United States? Options: Social and economic class divisions began to disappear. Concerns about air pollution led to stricter environmental regulations. Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions. Factory owners introduced wage-equity policies for women in the workplace.

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Union membership increased as workers sought better pay and conditions

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Why did the Populist Party want free coinage of silver?

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To increase the amount of money in circulation

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The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to the -

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increased need to protect worker interests

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This cover from a nineteenth-century periodical helps illustrate that the United States was beginning to change from -

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a mostly rural society to a mostly urban one