Matewan Massacre and The Battle of Blair Mountai ...

Matewan police chief who supported the miners and was assassinated.

A West Virginian working in a coal mine was more likely to die than one fighting in World War I: True or False?

Many people moved from farms to the city to work in factories during what "revolution?"

Was Matewan considered a coal "company" town?

What was the Bull Moose Special?

What happened first: The Matewan Massacre or the Battle of Blair Mountain?

What was the word for when mining companies threw miners/tenants out of their homes?

Who was the president of the United States during the Battle of Blair Mountain?

What did the government charge some of the leaders of the miners with after Blair Mountain?

Why were miners in the battle called "rednecks"

The Mine Wars we discussed took place in what U.S. state?

Workers would join one of these to try to improve their bargaining power as a group.

How many people died in the Matewan Massacre? 5, 10, 20, 100?

What was the name of the county where sheriff Don Chafin was from?

Give one reason the miners were marching to Blair Mountain:

Black Americans from the Deep South, immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe and locals from Appalachia all worked in the coal mines: True or False?

Airplanes, machine guns and Tommy guns were all used in the Battle of Blair Mountain: True or False?

Many of the marching miners were veterans of what war?

What did the miners dig out of the mountains?

Form of "money" miners had to use in a company town.

List one of the things workers have today that the miners were fighting for?