Which Statement Most Accurately Reflects the Situation Facing Organized Labor

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which statement most accurately reflects the situation facing organized labor during World War I?

• A) Wartime pressures brought about a record number of strikes.
• B) Unions died out as workers embraced a new spirit of cooperation, communalism, and patriotism.
• C) In an effort to ensure ideological conformity and to prevent dissent, the War Labor Board generally pursued anti-labor policies.
• D) Union membership nearly doubled during the war.
• E) Because of the booming wartime economy and a shortage of male workers, most workers were required to work twelve-hour days.

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