Which of the following best states the relationship between the government, company management, and striking workers during the late 1800s? a. the government nearly always sided with striking workers against companies. b. companies often hired government agents to keep striking workers in line. c. the government nearly always sided with companies against striking workers. d. companies often hired government agents to encourage workers to strike.

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. capitalism to change or improve something by correcting faults or removing abuses 2. chattel an economic system based on private ownership and competition motivated by profit 3. imperialism policy extending political, economic, or military rule over another 4. indentured an economic system where colonies supply goods to the mother country 5. mercantilism an agreement committing one person to be another's slave for a certain period of time 6. reform a type of slavery where the slave is the sole property of the master with no rights