What impact did your independent reading selection have on you as a reader? would you recommend your selction to a friend? why or why not? support your response with at least two pieces of evidence from indepndant reading selection. be sure to give the title and author of your selection.

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Read this excerpt from loom and spindle. one of the first strikes of cotton-factory operatives that ever took place in this country was that in lowell, in october, 1836. when it was announced that the wages were to be cut down, great indignation was felt, and it was decided to strike, en masse. this was done. the mills were shut down, and the girls went in procession from their several corporations to the "grove" on chapel hill, and listened to "incendiary" speeches from early labor reformers. what can be inferred about the time period of the excerpt? check all that apply. a. factory workers felt frustrated by the lowering of their wages. b. workers were willing to show their displeasure through strikes. c. early efforts at strikes became chaotic and violent. d. the lowell girls were forbidden to voice objections. e. the lowell strike was followed by other labor strikes.

Read the following excerpt from carrie chapman catt's address to congress, women's suffrage, 1917.woman suffrage is inevitable. suffragists knew it before november 4, 1917, opponents afterward. threedistinct causes made it inevitable.use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for catt's use of suffrage.© an advancementa petitionsa right to votean ecclesiastical prayer