2. "So it was that when the Concord Corporation once again speeded up the machinery, she, almost alone, did not complain" (89).
Why did Lyddie not complain about the speed-up?
a.
b.
C.
d.
More than anything, she wanted to earn enough money to reunite her family and get the farm back.
She didn't care what the other girls thought of her.
She wanted to please Mr. Marsden.
She wanted to earn more money, and the corporation raised wages when it sped up the machinery.

D

Explanation:

the author is showing that it is the insatisfaction of basic needs that brings about the protests such as the strikes.if workers do not earn enough to buy food and feed their families and themselves in order to continue working, what is the use of working? besides, another message from the author is that of the owners of factories should be worried about ensuring their furure by having a second and third generation of workers in their industries.if they do not hear the workers demands, they will not have any more workers to make their pockets full.