Which of the following does NOT describe America following the abolition of slavery? Question 1 options: African Americans were
paid for their work. African Americans faced discrimination. African Americans left the South for more opportunities. African Americans received equal pay as whites.
The correct answer is D) African Americans received equal pays as whites.
<em>The stement that </em><u><em>NOT</em></u><em> describes America following the abolition of slavery is “African Americans received equal pays as whites.”
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The 13th Amendment of 1865 ended with slavery in the Southern states. At least, Black people were free. But as ironical as it could sound, the problems did not stop there or resolve automatically. African Americans were used to work as slaves or they worked the land for a wage. Once they were free, the lack of better opportunities did not desappeared. They continue to struggle to get their rights and in the jobs they got, they were not paid equally as the white people. Many African Americans still lived in poverty in rural areas of the Southenr states.
The main focus of the
labor unions that formed during the Second Industrial Revolution was to
safeguard and protect the common benefits of the worker class and to present
their interests in an organized manner. In the industrial sector for example
the organized labor unions stood for the better salary to the workers, reasonable
time span of work and also for a safe and healthy environment to work with.
Many researchers have found the evolution of the eye attractive to study because the eye distinctively exemplifies an analogous organ found in many animal forms. Simple light detection is found in bacteria, single-celled organisms, plants and animals. Complex, image-forming eyes have evolved independently several times
