HLT 306V TOPIC 5 WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
RATED 100% CORRECT!! ALREADY GRADED A+
The Anthracite Coal Strike - (answers)1902, a strike by the United Mine Workers of America
in eastern Pennsylvania. Coal workers were on strike for better wages and better working
conditions. Federal government intervened as neutral arbitrator for first time in a labor
conflict.
This took place in - (answers)Pennsylvania in 1902 during the Post-Industrial Revolution
What do the coal miners want? - (answers)20% pay increase, 8 hour work day, union
recognition
what did the mine owners want? - (answers)no reduction in wages, no recognition of the
union, no wage increase
union - (answers)An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions
and higher wages
a stirke by coal miners could affect - (answers)millions of home of americans who needed
heat
this is a crossroad because - (answers)a precedent is being set by TR and so future
presidents can have "an excuse" to use these choices. The gov. should get involved in the
nation's issues
precedent - (answers)(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
president cleveland - (answers)said that we should do nothing when there is a problem with
the people, the government should be supported by the people but the government should
not support the people
, the coal miners had - (answers)11 hour work days, extremely dangerous conditions, young
children working in mines, no health insurance benefits, miner's union not recognized by
mine owners
TR appointed a commission - (answers)1. A seven member commission was appointed by
President Roosevelt
2. Together they toured the coal mines in Pennsylvania
3. After the tour they met for 3 months listening to the testimony of over 550 witnesses
John mitchell - (answers)represented the coal miners
george baer - (answers)represented the coal operators
george baer railroad owner and representing the mine owners - (answers)"These men don't
suffer. Why Hell half of the don't even speak english"
"Rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and care for- not by the labor
agitators, but by the Christiain men to whom Go din His infinite wisdom has given the
control of the property interests of the country"
clarence darrow representing the miners - (answers)"We are working for democracy, for
humanity, for the future, for the day will come too late for us to see it or know it or receive
its benefits, but which will come, and will remember our struggles, our triumphs, our
defeats, and the words which we spake."
If we don't take action now, we may not ever know its benefits
RATED 100% CORRECT!! ALREADY GRADED A+
The Anthracite Coal Strike - (answers)1902, a strike by the United Mine Workers of America
in eastern Pennsylvania. Coal workers were on strike for better wages and better working
conditions. Federal government intervened as neutral arbitrator for first time in a labor
conflict.
This took place in - (answers)Pennsylvania in 1902 during the Post-Industrial Revolution
What do the coal miners want? - (answers)20% pay increase, 8 hour work day, union
recognition
what did the mine owners want? - (answers)no reduction in wages, no recognition of the
union, no wage increase
union - (answers)An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions
and higher wages
a stirke by coal miners could affect - (answers)millions of home of americans who needed
heat
this is a crossroad because - (answers)a precedent is being set by TR and so future
presidents can have "an excuse" to use these choices. The gov. should get involved in the
nation's issues
precedent - (answers)(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
president cleveland - (answers)said that we should do nothing when there is a problem with
the people, the government should be supported by the people but the government should
not support the people
, the coal miners had - (answers)11 hour work days, extremely dangerous conditions, young
children working in mines, no health insurance benefits, miner's union not recognized by
mine owners
TR appointed a commission - (answers)1. A seven member commission was appointed by
President Roosevelt
2. Together they toured the coal mines in Pennsylvania
3. After the tour they met for 3 months listening to the testimony of over 550 witnesses
John mitchell - (answers)represented the coal miners
george baer - (answers)represented the coal operators
george baer railroad owner and representing the mine owners - (answers)"These men don't
suffer. Why Hell half of the don't even speak english"
"Rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and care for- not by the labor
agitators, but by the Christiain men to whom Go din His infinite wisdom has given the
control of the property interests of the country"
clarence darrow representing the miners - (answers)"We are working for democracy, for
humanity, for the future, for the day will come too late for us to see it or know it or receive
its benefits, but which will come, and will remember our struggles, our triumphs, our
defeats, and the words which we spake."
If we don't take action now, we may not ever know its benefits
