To feed workers in a strike named for these objects, Benny and Clovis Martin legendarily coined the name of the po’boy sandwich. Theodore Dreiser dramatized a conflict between Charles Tyson Yerkes (“YER-keez”), a magnate of these objects, and Illinois politicians over them in his Trilogy of Desire. The film Taken for a Ride argued that illegal monopoly power had destroyed some of these objects owned by NCL. These objects name a type of mixed-use (*) suburb frequently built around 1900, exemplified by Shaker Heights, Ohio. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? popularized a “conspiracy” named for these objects, which claims that General Motors tried to dismantle systems built for them. For 10 points, name these vehicles which run on tracks in the street, a common alternative to buses. ■END■
ANSWER: streetcars [or trams; or tramways; or trolleys; or trolleycars; accept streetcar suburb or General Motors streetcar conspiracy; prompt on light rail; reject “trolleybuses” or “cable cars” or “trains” or “cars”]
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