Which of the following is FALSE?

a. A common characteristic of the Railroad Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Affair of 1886, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1894 was that all of them resulted in violence.

b. Around 1900, the percentage of black married women working outside the home far exceeded the percentage of white married women working outside the home.

c. The police and the courts generally sided with the workingman and routinely condemned the actions of companies and corporations and levied heavy fines on them.

d. Eugene V. Debs was a labor activist who came from the railroad industry.

e. Frederick Winslow Taylor was an efficiency expert whose workplace changes spawned a new breed of professional managers.

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Damaris Wong

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16 January, 03:45

Which of the following is FALSE?

a. A common characteristic of the Railroad Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Affair of 1886, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1894 was that all of them resulted in violence.

b. Around 1900, the percentage of black married women working outside the home far exceeded the percentage of white married women working outside the home.

c. The police and the courts generally sided with the workingman and routinely condemned the actions of companies and corporations and levied heavy fines on them.

d. Eugene V. Debs was a labor activist who came from the railroad industry.

e. Frederick Winslow Taylor was an efficiency expert whose workplace changes spawned a new breed of professional managers.

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Answer: The correct answer is : c. The police and the courts generally sided with the workingman and routinely condemned the actions of companies and corporations and levied heavy fines on them.

The strike began after the railroads cut wages for the third time in a year. It lasted 45 days, after it was dominated by local and state militias and also federal troops.