An unusually large number of strikes occurred in 1919 because
a. wages had not kept up with the wartime cost of living.
b. Bolshevik organizers had infiltrated labor unions.
c. public support for unions was at a peak.
d. low levels of unemployment made union leaders overconfident.
ANSWER: a
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