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What was Henry Frick's main strategy for stopping the Homestead Strike?

A
Frick had stockpiled goods to prepare for the strike, and he let the strike play out without trying to oppose it.
B
Frick hired the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to come to Homestead to help negotiate an agreement between management and the workers.
C
Frick had stockpiled goods to prepare for the strike, so he could afford to bribe the workers to stand down.
D
Frick hired the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to come to Homestead and try to break up the strike.
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What is the main reason that the US government wanted to avoid large-scale railroad strikes after the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

A
Railroad strikes had a negative effect on workers, and many lost their jobs.
B
Railroad strikes weakened the power and authority of company managers.
C
Railroad strikes showed how well organized labor unions were.
D
Railroad strikes were a threat to economic prosperity and national security.
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Which of the following was a cause of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

A
Railroad companies cut workers' wages after workers destroyed railroad property.
B
Railroad companies rejected workers’ requests for higher wages.
C
Railroad companies fired workers who asked for higher wages.
D
Railroad companies responded with violence when workers requested higher wages.
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As economic conditions declined during the 1870s, the most common way for railroad companies to cut costs was to

A
lower workers’ wages.
B
raise passenger ticket prices.
C
raise freight shipping prices.
D
reduce the number of trains in service.
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After the Pullman Strike ended, the majority of the workers

A
resigned from the union and were rehired by the company.
B
left the state for job opportunities elsewhere.
C
were sent to jail.
D
participated in a new strike.
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Which lists the events surrounding the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 in the correct order?

A
Trade and business came to a halt; banks collapsed; railroads rejected workers’ demands; the strike became increasingly violent for 45 days.
B
Banks collapsed; railroads rejected workers’ demands; trade and business came to a halt; the strike became increasingly violent for 45 days.
C
Railroads rejected workers’ demands; the strike became increasingly violent for 45 days; trade and business came to a halt; banks collapsed.
D
The strike became increasingly violent for 45 days; trade and business came to a halt; railroads rejected workers’ demands; banks collapsed.
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Which was a direct result of the Pullman Strike?

A
The Pullman company began to lay off workers and cut wages.
B
The Pullman company banned alcohol in its company town.
C
American Railway Union leader Eugene Debs was hired by the Pullman company.
D
American Railway Union leader Eugene Debs was arrested.
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Which of the following statements accurately describes President Hayes’s reaction to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

A
President Hayes ordered railroad companies and striking workers to resolve their dispute through peaceful negotiations.
B
President Hayes ordered railroad companies to reverse pay cuts to end the strike.
C
President Hayes promised railroad workers government subsidies as incentives to return to work.
D
President Hayes sent militias and federal troops from town to end the strike.
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The Pullman Strike resulted in

A
Eugene Debs receiving a pardon for his involvement.
B
the company losing very little money.
C
the company rehiring workers that withdrew from the union.
D
other companies handling strikes themselves instead of going to court.
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Read the quote attributed to Theodore Rhodie, a former Pullman employee."I do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the American Railway Union because when a man asks me to give up my principles, my rights as an American citizen, he might just as well ask for my life."What result of the Pullman Strike is the worker describing?

A
The loss of money by the Pullman company.
B
The imprisonment of Eugene Debs.
C
The rehiring of workers after they resigned from the union.
D
The increase in court cases that disrupted union activities.
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Which action is an example of bribery, a tactic used by companies to stop unions from forming?

A
A company hires workers known as “scabs” to replace striking workers.
B
Company management secretly pays a worker to tell them which coworkers have discussed forming or joining a union.
C
A company warns its employees that any attempt to form a union will result in immediate termination.
D
Company management threatens to physically harm anyone who joins a union.
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What company management strategy was used to suppress the Homestead Strike?

A
Company management made the employees sign yellow-dog contracts.
B
Company management bribed employees to give them information about the strike.
C
Company management hired strikebreakers to break up the union.
D
Company management blacklisted all of the union workers.
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In the late 1800s, why might a potential new factory employee refuse to sign a yellow-dog contract?

A
because yellow-dog contracts required an employee and his family to live in a company town
B
because yellow-dog contracts required employees to report back to employers with any information regarding labor union organization
C
because signing a yellow-dog contact labeled an employee as a scab and made him or her a potential target of union violence
D
because promising not to join a union would strip the employee of his ability to protest workplace injustices with the support of an organized workers’ group
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Action taken by employers to keep unions from forming is called

A
union blacklisting.
B
boycotting.
C
union busting.
D
arbitration.

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