WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Question
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When workers cannot get what they want from owners through peaceful means, they sometimes walk off the job and protest. This is called ____ ?
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Arbitration
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Striking
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Sharecropping
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Labor
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines.
Detailed explanation-2: -A strikebreaker (sometimes called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite a strike.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a temporary stoppage of activities in protest against an act or condition.
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