How Did Unions Often Fare in Organizing Labor Around the Years

question 20

Multiple Choice

How did unions often fare in organizing labor around the years 1860-1900?

• A) Conditions were so terrible in the various work environments that unions experienced no trouble with recruiting members, growing unimpeded.
• B) A defining principle of unions was that they refused to engage in violence of any sort, so they had a difficult time getting through to executives.
• C) Immigrants from many different ethnic groups were far more likely to join unions than white Americans.
• D) Unions faced significant obstacles, such as the so-called blacklisting of union organizers to keep them from getting hired.
• E) Only middle-class Americans had the means to join unions, which resulted in the exclusion of the working poor.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The investment needed to manufacture an additional unit of a product or service.

Demand Schedule

A table that lists the quantity of a good that consumers are willing to purchase at various prices.

Monopoly

A market structure characterized by a single seller who has exclusive control over the supply of a particular good or service, making them the sole provider.

Marginal Cost

The cost incurred by producing one additional unit of a good or service.