Which of the following does not describe the process of communism?

a)establishment of a centralized authority or a dictatorship over the working class
b)the destruction of the socialist class
c)reorganization of society along socialist lines
d)abolishment of private ownership and profit for the workers

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.