Question
Theodore Dreiser and John Dos Passos compiled a “Report on Terrorism” regarding police harassment of people in this profession, which also inspired the song “Which Side Are You On?” For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this occupation. Lois Scott leads a cohort of armed wives of men in this profession against Basil Collins and other strikebreakers in a Barbara Kopple documentary.
ANSWER: coal miners
[10e] Kopple’s film depicted labor strife in this state’s Harlan County, which was also host to a miners’ strike in 2019 that was supported by this state’s then-Attorney General and current governor Andy Beshear.
ANSWER: Kentucky
[10m] “Which Side Are You On?” notes that “you can be a union man, or a thug for” a Harlan County sheriff with this surname. A so-called “Battle” at a West Virginia landmark with this name was the bloodiest labor uprising in United States history.
ANSWER: Blair [accept J. H. Blair or Blair Mountain]
<HG, American History>
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