Which Statement Best Describes Union Membership in the 1930s

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes union membership in the 1930s?

• A) Unions lost members because unemployed workers would accept low wages and poor working conditions to get a job.
• B) Unions gained membership, growing from only 3 million in 1933 to over 8 million in 1941.
• C) Union membership held steady at approximately 5 million members throughout the 1930s.
• D) Unions gained members because a big effort was made to organize low-wage workers including agricultural laborers, and department-store clerks.
• E) Union membership surged and soon 75% of American workers were unionized.

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Definitions:

Relevant Range

The range of activity within which the assumptions about fixed and variable costs in cost-volume-profit analysis are valid.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Contribution Margin

The difference between sales revenue and variable costs, representing the amount that contributes towards covering fixed costs and generating profit.

Weighted Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set, used in financial analysis and grading.