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Question 1: The murders were also portrayed in a 1986 HBO television movie, Act of Vengeance. ________ (himself a native of Pittsburgh) portrayed Yablonski and Wilford Brimley played Boyle.
Death Wish (film)Charles BronsonDeath Wish 4: The CrackdownClint Eastwood

Question 2: On May 28, 1972, MFD nominated ________, a miner from West Virginia who had challenged Boyle on the need for black lung legislation, as its presidential candidate.
W. A. BoyleJoseph YablonskiMike TrbovichArnold Miller

Question 3: Joseph Albert "Jock" Yablonski (March 3, 1910 – December 31, 1969) was an American labor leader in the ________ in the 1950s and 1960s.
Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International AssociationInternational Longshoremen's AssociationSheet Metal Workers' International AssociationUnited Mine Workers

Question 4: [1] Yablonski conceded the election, but on December 18, 1969, asked the ________ (DOL) to investigate the election for fraud.
Bureau of Labor StatisticsUnited States Department of LaborUnited States CabinetUnited States Department of Commerce and Labor

Question 5: Legendary UMWA president ________ had retired in 1960.
John L. LewisNew DealFranklin D. RooseveltUnited States

Question 6: He was murdered in 1969 by killers hired by a union political opponent, Mine Workers president ________.
United Mine WorkersJoseph YablonskiArnold MillerW. A. Boyle

Question 7: He became active in the ________ after his father was killed in a mine explosion.
United Mine WorkersInternational Longshoremen's AssociationSheet Metal Workers' International AssociationOperative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association

Question 8: MFD's support was strongest in southwestern Pennsylvania, eastern ________, and the panhandle and northern portions of West Virginia, but MFD supporters existed in nearly all affiliates.
OhioIndianaMichiganNew Jersey

Question 9: A ________ miner, Boyle was as autocratic and bullying as Lewis, but not as well liked.
ColoradoMontanaWyomingWashington

Question 10: After his murder, Labor Secretary ________ assigned 230 investigators to the UMWA investigation.
James BakerLouis McLaneGeorge P. ShultzWalter Q. Gresham
















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