Original Question: Which of the following best states the reason why workers formed unions beginning in the late 1800s?
Answer: They believed it was unfair that factory owners were rich while workers barely survived.
Explanation
- Choice A is correct because for unions to form, there must be a good deal of workers to help support their cause. However, although there may be many workers, it means that factory owners would set their pay lower since there is always somebody to do the job even if somebody leaves. This leads to workers protesting against the unfair practices that bosses set.
- Choice B is incorrect, because unions were set up to protect worker's right not to support movements that advocated for more unskilled jobs
- Choice C is incorrect because child labor was banned and unions typically didn't include children in the first place
- Choice D is incorrect because unions were often the reasons for why strikes and lockouts occured which were often methods for protest
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