Which is not an example of the power of boycotts in movements for change? a. boycotts are nonviolent and legal. b. boycotts bring issues to the courts where they can be resolved. c. boycotts can force companies to change or risk going out of business. d. boycotts show strength in numbers.

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.