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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Definitions:

MC

Marginal Cost; the cost of producing one additional unit of a product.

ATC

Average Total Cost is determined by dividing the overall production cost by the number of units produced.

MR

In economics, Marginal Revenue is the additional income received from selling one more unit of a good or service.

Peak Efficiency

The maximum point where resources are utilized in the most efficient way possible without wastage.