Which statement would President James K. Polk most likely have made? A. We should annex Texas to get more markets for American
businesses.

B. Annexing Texas will help the United States fulfill Manifest Destiny.

C. We cannot annex Texas without buying it from Mexico.

D. We shouldn't annex Texas, since doing so would spread slavery.

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.