Which of the Following Accurately Describes the Events Surrounding the Lattimer

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately describes the events surrounding the Lattimer Massacre?

• A) Many workers, especially immigrants from central or eastern Europe, were killed while peacefully protesting dangerous mining conditions, and all of those accused of the killings were acquitted.
• B) Violent protests led by anarchists broke out near an important harvesting machine company, and amid the confusion, an individual threw a bomb into the crowd, maiming or killing dozens.
• C) White miners brutally murdered fellow African American miners out of fear that they would take their jobs, but a landmark court case resulted in sentencing the perpetrators to life in prison.
• D) The federal government figuratively killed all major laws that effectively benefited Big Business in response to a series of unusually fatal mining accidents in Pennsylvania.
• E) Swayed by unions, several elite factory owners dramatically resigned from their positions, and for the first time, a widespread public uproar ensued in response to poor working conditions.

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