Base your answers to questions 9 and 10 on the speakers’ statements below and on your knowledge of social studies. Speaker A: It is disgraceful that we allow children in this country to work long hours in unsanitary, unsafe conditions. The government must step in and protect our children.

Speaker B: We must allow businesses to compete freely without government intervention. The best will survive.

Speaker C: Monopolies and trusts make it impossible for small businesses to compete. Monopolies lower their prices to eliminate competition, and then they charge consumers even higher prices.

Speaker D: Big business is good for the country. It increases the nation’s wealth, provides jobs, and strengthens the country.

9. What would Speaker B most likely want the federal government to do? *

A: Support the concept of Social Darwinism.

B: Regulate child labor.

C: Adopt a progressive income tax.

D: Strengthen the immigration laws.

10. Which two speakers represent the beliefs of many reformers during the Progressive Era? *

A: A and B

B: A and C

C: B and C

D: B and D

This is 2 separate questions

0. how did the annual sum of their wages compare with the cost of tallow candles at potosí? tallow candles were 300,000 so for huancavelica it takes 3,000 years and for chaplains it took 350 years.11. compare the wages of the mita workers at potosí with the wages paid those amerindians (native americans) who freely hired themselves out? the amerindians made 3 to 4 times more than the mita workers.12. what do you conclude about these figures (6 – 9)? 2

the correct answer is b) the american colonies were not supporting each other.

at the time abigail wrote her second letter to john adams on november 27, 1775 she begins the letter with a series of rhetorical questions such as: if a form of government is to be established here what one will be assumed? , will it be left to the assemblies to chose one? with this questions, she is asking her husband what new form of government will be established and she is concerned that the delegates may not be able to come to consensus.

also, abigail believes that the regulations of government have been "so long slackened" that people could ignore a new government; she recognizes difficulty to establishing a new state.