In the 1980s, many politicians argued that listening to heavy metal music led teenagers to die by suicide. though you might find this belief silly, it is a(n)

I believe the answer is: hypothesis

Hypothesis is an initial explanation that someone use to explain a certain situation without using empirical evidence. In researching social phenomenons, hypothesis is the first steps in all form of experiments. We pair up independent variable with the subject in order to proof whether our initial hypothesis is correct or not.

first of all, it's important to say that the book we shall not be moved, written by joan dash, is about the first strike of women in the united states in the year 1909. the best historical detail to clarify the reader's undertanding is the phrase "general strike". this strike involved women working at a garment factory who decided to protest   long working hours, low wages and brutal conditions. this strike became known as "the new york shirtwaist strike" or "the uprising of the 20,000". the strike mostly involved jewish women who did not speak english or who had a basic knowledge of the english language. finally, the strike went on from november 1909 until february 1910.