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Labor and Unrest example #62858

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Which statement best explains why, during the 1800s, manufacturers resisted workers' demands for higher wages and safer workplaces?
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Manufacturers knew their companies would become less profitable.
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An example of using bribery to engage in union busting would be
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a manager paying an employee to spy on union members.
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Which of the following groups frequently protested the hiring of unskilled factory workers in the 1800s?
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trade unions
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Which of the following was a tactic that companies used to hurt unions?
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Hiring Scabs
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Which of the following can be inferred about the federal intervention that ended the 1894 Pullman strike?
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The government considered mail delivery to be of vital importance.
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The wildcat strike by employees of the Pullman Company in 1894 was
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not approved by a union.
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Which of the following strategies is most similar to a strike?
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lockouts
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Which statement about the Pullman strike is true?
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The Pullman Company lost more money fighting the strike than it would have paid out by giving in to workers.
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Which of the following best states the reason why workers formed unions beginning in the late 1800s?
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They believed it was unfair that factory owners were rich while workers barely survived.
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Why did blacklisted union members have trouble finding jobs after the Pullman strike?
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They were viewed by potential employers as troublemakers.