In 1981, when nearly 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike, President Reagan ______________________.
A. refused to intervene
B. ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to cut air traffic controllers' working hours to reduce their stress and improve air safety
C. fired the strikers who refused to return to work and barred them from ever being rehired as federal air traffic controllers
D. ordered the National Labor Relations Board to mediate the strike
Answer: C
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