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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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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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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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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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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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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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During the 1870s, a major economic depression spread to the United States from which continent?

A
Asia
B
Europe
C
South America
D
Africa
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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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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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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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