Which of the Following Is True About Labor in the Early

question 133

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about labor in the early twentieth century?

• A)Immigrant men and male children constituted 70 percent of the workforce in 15 leading industries.
• B)Of 750,000 Slovaks arriving in America before 1913,at least 600,000 went to work in the coal mines and steel mills of Pennsylvania.
• C)First- and second-generation immigrants constituted more than 96 percent of the labor force that built and maintained the nation's railroads.
• D)all of these choices
• E)none of these choices

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Nullification

The theory that states have the right to invalidate any federal law deemed unconstitutional with respect to the United States Constitution.

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