Ch 5: The Labor Movement

Front

Which tactic was sometimes used by management to resist the demands of labor?

Back

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Front

What was an important consequence of the Haymarket Riot? Options: decline of the Knights of Labor, rally of public opinion in favor of workers, victory of workers in the Homestead Strike, break up of the American Federation of Labor

Back

decline of the Knights of Labor

Front

The Timeline shows events from the early American labor movement. Which completes the timeline by replacing the question mark?

Back

Homestead Strike at Carnegie's steelworks

Front

Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th Century?

Back

Government leaders received money from business and also believed in laissez-faire.

Front

What was the main cause of the Homestead Strike?

Back

Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick wanted to break up the power of the steelworkers' union.

Front

How were the Homestead and Pullman Strikes similar?

Back

Both ended in important defeats for organized labor.