Why Did So Many American Workers Walk Out of Their

question 61

Multiple Choice

Why did so many American workers walk out of their jobs between 1943 and 1944?

• A) They were protesting equal pay for women and men, blacks and whites.
• B) They were protesting discriminatory hiring practices of FEPC.
• C) They charged their employers with the unseemly expansion of corporate profits.
• D) They sought to express moral objections to the mass manufacturing of guns and ordinance.

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Definitions:

White Rami Communicantes

Nerve fibers connecting the spinal nerves to the sympathetic chain, important for the sympathetic nervous system's responses.

Preganglionic Axons

Axons of nerve cells that originate in the central nervous system and extend to a ganglion, transmitting nerve impulses.

Sympathetic Chain

A part of the sympathetic nervous system consisting of a series of interconnected ganglia located along the vertebral column.

ANS

Autonomic Nervous System; a control system that acts largely unconsciously and regulates bodily functions such as the heart rate, digestion, respiratory rate, pupillary response, urination, and sexual arousal.