In a letter he wrote on the morning of his execution, John Brown said that, “The crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” Write a paragraph that explains whether or not you agree with Brown that the only way to end slavery in the United States was through violence of war.

Read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt’s “day of infamy” speech. which line reveals the purpose of the speech?

Why might collective bargaining fail, causing a union to go on strike? a the union agrees with the boss about wages. b the boss compromises about work hours. c the factory goes out of business, causing the workers to lose their jobs. d the boss refuses to address dangerous working conditions in the factories.

The original term of was descriptive of lower-class people who performed manual labor.