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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Who Protects the Worker?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The railroads:
(a) used the ICC to support their price fixing and market sharing agreementsq
(b) refused to join the ICC
(c) ignored the ICC
(d) bitterly opposed the formation of the ICC

2. The union does all but the following for its members:
(a) pays for their on-the-job meals
(b) negotiates terms of employment
(c) negotiates wages
(d) represents them in a grievance hearing

3. What does Friedman call one of the most successful labor unions in history?
(a) the AMA
(b) plumbers
(c) carpenters
(d) autoworkers

4. Government expands through all but:
(a) welfare programs
(b) nationalization
(c) regulatory activities
(d) private enterprise

5. Restrictions of payments refers to:
(a) government's refusal to pay benefits
(b) banks' refusal to give currency on demand to depositors who tried to make withdrawals
(c) depositors inability to write checks
(d) government's inability to pay its bills

Short Answer Questions

1. The Environmental Protection Agency was formed in:

2. International trade theory is based on:

3. The first thing Roosevelt did after his inauguration was to:

4. Which of the following is not a public assistance program?

5. Trade restrictions create:

(see the answer key)

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