Why Did So Many American Workers Walk Out of Their

question 53

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.
• E) They were protesting the fact that the United States failed to make the destruction of German death camps a priority in its war efforts.

---

Definitions:

Bales

Large bundles or packages of material, most commonly used in reference to agriculture commodities like hay or cotton.

Profit-maximizing

In economics, this refers to the process by which a firm determines the price and output level that returns the greatest profit.

Profit

is the financial gain realized when the revenue generated from business activities exceeds the expenses, costs, and taxes needed to sustain the activity.

Breaks Even

The point at which total costs and total revenue are equal, leading to no net loss or gain for a business.