The United States Steel Corporation defeated a steelworkers' strike in 1919 by
a. forcing several thousand workers to leave their company town in the middle of winter.
b. portraying the strikers as radicals.
c. convincing the federal government to arrest the strike leaders.
d. threatening to move production overseas.
ANSWER: b
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