Correct. The answer is b. In the 1920s, mill owners began cutting costs in an effort to increasing productivity and cut labor costs—a process known as “the stretch-out.” In addition to laying off some employees, mill owners forced workers to tend to far more looms at a given time; for example, one mill worker might be required to tend ninety looms instead of the thirty he was used to. Workers resented these harsh working conditions.

Incorrect. The answer is b. In the 1920s, mill owners began cutting costs in an effort to increasing productivity and cut labor costs—a process known as “the stretch-out.” In addition to laying off some employees, mill owners forced workers to tend to far more looms at a given time; for example, one mill worker might be required to tend ninety looms instead of the thirty he was used to. Workers resented these harsh working conditions.

Correct. The answer is a. During the Great Depression, unemployment was so high, and people so desperate for work, that mill owners could cut wages by as much as 50 percent. These low wages combined with increasingly poor working conditions caused a textile worker to write to President Roosevelt that textile workers “are Being Treated as Bad or Worse tha[n] the Slaves were in Slavery times.”

Incorrect. The answer is a. During the Great Depression, unemployment was so high, and people so desperate for work, that mill owners could cut wages by as much as 50 percent. These low wages combined with increasingly poor working conditions caused a textile worker to write to President Roosevelt that textile workers “are Being Treated as Bad or Worse tha[n] the Slaves were in Slavery times.”

Correct. The answer is c. Textile workers were thrilled by the passage of the NRA because its textile codes promised benefits like $12 weekly pay and forty-hour work weeks. However, in reality, mill owners widely ignored the textile code and continued paying low wages and enforcing harsh working conditions. The code authority also failed to investigate or litigate on the behalf of the workers when they filed complaints.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Textile workers were thrilled by the passage of the NRA because its textile codes promised benefits like $12 weekly pay and forty-hour work weeks. However, in reality, mill owners widely ignored the textile code and continued paying low wages and enforcing harsh working conditions. The code authority also failed to investigate or litigate on the behalf of the workers when they filed complaints.

Correct. The answer is b. The 1934 textile workers’ strike was the largest strike in American history, involving hundreds of thousands of workers, and shutting down mills across the country. However, the strike failed to achieve any real changes for workers for a few reasons, including the stubborn refusal of mill owners to make any kind of compromise or bargain, as well as the union’s limited resources and the financial desperation of workers.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The 1934 textile workers’ strike was the largest strike in American history, involving hundreds of thousands of workers, and shutting down mills across the country. However, the strike failed to achieve any real changes for workers for a few reasons, including the stubborn refusal of mill owners to make any kind of compromise or bargain, as well as the union’s limited resources and the financial desperation of workers.

Correct. The answer is d. In the wake of the massive 1934 textile workers’ strike, some mill owners lashed out at the union leaders who had facilitated the strike, firing them from their jobs and even blacklisting them from working in the textile industry again. Despite the NRA’s assertion of the right of workers to organize unions, mill owners essentially crushed unions after 1934.

Incorrect. The answer is d. In the wake of the massive 1934 textile workers’ strike, some mill owners lashed out at the union leaders who had facilitated the strike, firing them from their jobs and even blacklisting them from working in the textile industry again. Despite the NRA’s assertion of the right of workers to organize unions, mill owners essentially crushed unions after 1934.