What was the central idea of the text? A. The Great Upheaval was a single strike by railroad workers in West Virginia who refused to continue working until they received their pay.
B. The Great Upheaval was the largest mass strike of laborers across industries in the U. S. and it empowered laborers to advocate for their rights.
C. The Great Upheaval changed the power structure of laborers and bosses in America and the powerful leaders lost their monopoly over their workers.
D. The Great Upheaval was the largest mass strike of laborers across industries in the US, but the movement failed and didn’t have an impact on the rights of laborers.

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.