Chapter 28

Quiz for Document 28-2: Robert Howard, Youngstown Fights Back (1979)

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Question 1

In his 1979 New Republic article Youngstown Fights Back, what does Robert Howard suggest about the importance of the Ecumenical Coalition’s role in the Youngstown workers’ efforts?A. The Ecumenical Coalition hinders the cause by requiring the workers involved to convert to Christianity.
B. The Ecumenical Coalition presents an obstacle by framing the cause as a religious one.
C. The Ecumenical Coalition aids the workers’ effort by providing moral legitimacy and political networks.
D. The Ecumenical Coalition aids the workers’ cause by committing the churches’ money.

Question 2

According to Howard’s reporting, the lack of competitiveness of Youngstown Sheet and Tube resulted fromA. cheap foreign steel imports.
B. inflated coal prices.
C. neglect of investment by the corporate owner.
D. union labor contracts.

Question 3

As a solution to the social and economic consequences of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube plant shutdown, the Ecumenical Coalition offered a plan forA. employee and community plant ownership.
B. faith-based social welfare initiatives.
C. relocating the population of Youngstown.
D. renegotiation of labor contracts.

Question 4

Howard suggests that social movements, such as the Ecumenical Coalition, involving coalitions of religious groups, new left activists, labor leaders, and disaffected blue-collar workers might represent a progressive threat toA. conservative political appeal.
B. democratic principles.
C. traditional religious beliefs.
D. race relations.