Analyze how governments after 1450 used laws, policies, and processes to affect labor systems. (1 point)

Responses

Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to encourage strikes in the 1800s.
Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to encourage strikes in the 1800s.

Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included anti-slavery laws in the 1500s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s.
Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included anti-slavery laws in the 1500s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s.

Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to loosen control on labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s.
Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to loosen control on labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s.

Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s.

The correct analysis of how governments after 1450 used laws, policies, and processes to affect labor systems is:

Governmental systems used laws, policies, and other systems of enforcement to control labor systems and those who participated in them. These included pro-slavery laws in the 1700s and the use of federal troops to quash strikes in the 1800s.

This response accurately reflects historical events. During the 1700s, many governments, particularly in the Americas, enacted laws that supported and entrenched the institution of slavery, legally defining the status of slaves and the rights of slave owners. These laws were part of a broader framework that supported a labor system based on coerced and unpaid labor.

Furthermore, in the 1800s, as industrialization advanced, the labor movement grew in strength as workers began to organize and strike for better working conditions and pay. Governments often sided with employers and business interests, deploying federal troops or other forms of law enforcement to suppress these strikes and maintain the existing labor order.

The other options provided are incorrect:

The statement about governments enacting anti-slavery laws in the 1500s is not accurate, as slavery was widely practiced and accepted during that period, and significant anti-slavery legislation did not come about until much later, most notably in the 19th century with laws like the British Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 and the United States' 13th Amendment in 1865.

The statement about governments using federal troops to encourage strikes is also incorrect. Governments typically used troops to quash labor strikes, not to encourage them.

Lastly, the notion that governments used policies and enforcement to loosen control over labor systems during these periods is misleading, as the general trend was to maintain control over labor and suppress labor movements that challenged the status quo.