Question

During the coal strike: Group of answer choices a) President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business. b) thousands of striking miners marched on Washington, starting a riot that lasted three days. c) President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to use the army to force strikers back to work. d) arbitrators awarded the miners all their demands. e) more than 800 miners and their families died in the Rockies.

Answer 1

a) President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against big business.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike that was moved by the United Mine Workers of America, the workers demanded higher wages and shorter workdays, it was very important because they threatened the coal supply to major cities in the US. To solve the strike President Theodore Roosevelt met with the miners, he was the first president that ever intervened in a labor dispute, he threatened to send military forces to operate the mines, so the miners went back to work after both sides agreed to end the strike after they followed the recommendations of the Anthracite Coal Commission that was appointed by the President himself. The public approved the President’s efforts to end the dispute.