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Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines.”
Nevertheless, the UMWA was able to bridge the racial divide in that state, forming a powerful interracial labor union fifty years before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s would make racial integration the rule of the land.
What is the connotation of the word powerful?
energetic
influential
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Influential.
In this context "powerful" describes the union's strength in influence and impact (ability to effect change and bridge divides), not physical energy.
In this context "powerful" describes the union's strength in influence and impact (ability to effect change and bridge divides), not physical energy.
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