RQ 4

A  The mermaid was a half-monkey, half-fish stitched together.

B  There wasn’t a Tik Tok of it, so it obviously didn’t happen.

C  It was an optical illusion that P. T. Barnum created using glass, bubbles, and a beta fish.

D  The mermaid was already dead, so no one believed it was real.

A  Thomas Skidmore – He argued that inequality originated in the unequal distribution of property through inheritance laws and argued the end of imprisonment for debt.

B  Sir Bob Boston – He argued that women should be paid equally and men should be able to spend 10% of their paycheck on entertainment.

C  Tom Mann – He argued that men should buy at least 2 houses and should refuse to vote in presidential elections because of the vast inequality in the United States.

D  Ida B. Wells – She argued that men’s work was equal to women’s work and men should be paid in cash instead of a check.

A  It added to the sense of manifest destiny. Two outcomes were it made Americans feel unity with South Americans and it caused a war in 1920.

B  It added to the sense of inequality. Two outcomes were it made goods cost less and it increased shipping times.

C  It added to the sense of American exceptionalism. Two outcomes were it failed to open until 1909 and it increased the cost of goods.

D  It added to the sense of progress. Two outcomes were itdramatically decreased the cost of shipping while reducing the time to travel to the West.

A  They were not skilled artisans.

B  They didn’t want to work.

C  They were too wealthy and everyone knew they didn’t need the money.

D  They didn’t have the ability to write up estimates.

A  To allow the women to live off of the grid and have their own lives for once

B  To assure anxious parents, especially fathers, that their daughters’ virtue would be protected while they were away from home to work

C  The Boston Associates didn’t have strict rules, which was evident in the fact that they closed their boarding houses 1 year after opening factories

D  To be able to apply for the Protected Daughters Act of 1875, which was factory owners could apply for and receive reimbursement for young women’s care