D. Chinese government officials were selected based on their abilities rather than their family history.
Switzerland, norway, and iceland
Answer:
the 27th amendment would prevent the people in congress from getting pay raises.
Explanation:
The correct answer is A.
Factory owners frequently replaced male workers with cheaper female workers.
The passage mainly
describes the substitution of skilled labor whereby male workers are replaced
with female workers and even children whose pay is lower. This is also
reflected as the passage describes the savings resulting from such a move.
Answer:
Of all Spanish colonial possessions in the Americas, Puerto Rico is the only territory that never gained its independence. After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, the period between 1860 and 1898 witnessed a pro-independence rebellion, colonial reform, the establishment of the first national political parties, the abolition of slavery, and a short-lived experiment in autonomy under Spanish rule.