Employers Sought to Limit the Control of Skilled Workers on the Shop

question 6

Multiple Choice

Employers sought to limit the control of skilled workers on the shop floor in the late nineteenth century

• A) through the use of violence and intimidation.
• B) by replacing people with machines.
• C) by forbidding shop-floor workers from talking during the workday.
• D) through hiring factory foremen to supervise every aspect of production.

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