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Question 1

The United States Steel Corporation defeated a steelworkers' strike in 1919 by
 
  a. forcing several thousand workers to leave their company town in the middle of winter.
  b. portraying the strikers as radicals and Bolshevists.
  c. convincing the federal government to arrest the strike leaders.
  d. threatening to move production overseas.

Question 2

An unusually large number of strikes occurred in 1919 because
 
  a. wages had not kept up with the wartime cost of living.
  b. Bolshevik organizers had infiltrated labor unions.
  c. public support for unions was at a peak.
  d. low levels of unemployment made union leaders overconfident.



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Reply 2 on: Sep 11, 2019
Gracias!


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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