Match Each Description with the Item Below

question 49

Multiple Choice

Match each description with the item below.
-Alexander Graham Bell

• A)organized a week-long march of child workers from Pennsylvania to President Theodore Roosevelt's home in New York
• B)maintained his commitment to high tariffs after the war despite concerns that they would increase consumer prices
• C)led the Knights of Labor and emphasized the strategy of winning political control of the areas around unions
• D)wrote the essay "The Gospel of Wealth," which held that with great wealth came great responsibility
• E)met to form the Industrial Workers of the World but withdrew and went on to become a presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
• F)was the head of the National Labor Union who died suddenly in 1869, resulting in its support declining
• G)organized the Workingmen's Party of California and blasted railroad barons for exploiting the poor
• H)invented the telephone, which would become the most valuable patent ever issued
• I)convinced middle-class women to enter the so-called real world by engaging in social work

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Definitions:

Political Strategy

A plan of action designed to achieve a specific political outcome, often used by politicians, governments, and organizations to influence public policy or opinion.

Bribing

The act of offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting something of value as a means of influence or persuasion, typically in an illegal or unethical manner.

Cattle Ranching Industry

An agricultural sector that specializes in raising cattle for beef production or for their byproducts, operating within a range of scales from small farms to large commercial operations.

Lobbying

The process of influencing public and governmental policy at all levels: federal, state, and local, primarily by engaging in communication with elected or appointed officials and their staff.