The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 21

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"As a group,workers faced severe limitations on their political influence. The conservative nature of the major parties,institutional discrimination against third parties,and ethnic divisions that made some workingmen Democrats and others Republicans all placed obstacles in front of even those most empowered workers,the white men possessing citizenship. Far more striking was the way America's political system victimized female…and African-American workers through disenfranchisement… These barriers extinguished any possibility that American workers could become a united political force during the Gilded Age."
Julie Green,Pure and Simple Politics: The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism,
1881-1917,1998
-Despite the problems highlighted by the author,which of the following characteristics of the twentieth century helped to unite the groups described in the passage?

• A) The easing of the nation's immigration policy
• B) The support of Progressive reformers
• C) The widespread availability of consumer goods
• D) The nature of industrial work in the modernizing economy

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Definitions:

Pressured

Feeling the influence or persuasion to do something, often involving stress or tension from external forces or expectations.

Large

Of considerable or significant size, extent, or capacity.

Dissenting Views

Opinions that differ or disagree with the majority or official stance.

Farmers' Market

A local food market where farmers sell their produce directly to consumers.