One of the Primary Obstacles to Working Class Solidarity and Organization

question 100

Multiple Choice

One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was

• A) ethnic diversity.
• B) the lack of a reform impulse in America.
• C) the generally fair treatment that workers received from their employers.
• D) the hostility of the Catholic Church to social reform.
• E) the growing Communist influence in the labor movement.

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Definitions:

Base of Skull

The bottom part of the skull, upon which the brain rests, consisting of several bones that form the cranial base and provide structural support.

Localization of Function

The concept that specific parts of the brain are responsible for specific psychological or physiological functions.

Phrenology

A now-discredited theory that suggested the shape and size of the skull could determine a person's personality and mental abilities.

Joseph Gall

An early 19th-century neuroanatomist and physiologist known for developing phrenology, the study of skull shapes to determine mental faculties.