Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by
a. using the military to force the miners back to work.
b. passing legislation making the miners' union illegal.
c. helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers.
d. serving as a labor mediator to have the miners' union and mine owners come to a negotiated settlement guaranteeing the right of the miners to unionize.
e. threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.
Question 2
Despite their political and strategic differences, the United States and the Soviet Union strongly resembled one another in 1945 in that they
a. had long experience as great powers in Europe.
b. accepted the idea of balance of power and spheres of influence.
c. believed that control of the Middle East was essential to maintaining their national security.
d. had been historically very involved in world affairs and engaged in protecting peace and collective security in the world.
e. had a long history of conducting an idealistic, missionary diplomacy in world affairs.
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