Slavery and Abolition — Unit test Answers

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The purpose of the slave codes was to

legally protect enslaved persons.

legally protect slavery.

define how enslaved persons should be treated.

define an enslaved person’s road to emancipation.

When workers go out on strike, they are

choosing to look for another job.

refusing to work until conditions improve.

helping their bosses by working harder.

joining a union.

Which statement is characteristic of a communist system? Choose four answers.

The government controls the means of production.

Prices and wages are set by supply and demand.

The government regulates a centrally planned economy.

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to take risks.

Prices and wages are set by the government.

Businesses are free to follow their own best interests.

A single authoritarian party holds complete power.

How did the passage of compulsory school attendance laws affect child labor in the United States?

Children received better training to work in factories.

Children could not work in factories if they had to attend school.

Children worked in special factories that were opened in schools.

Children were paid more to attend school than to work in factories.

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