EOC Standard 3 Part 2 Labor

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Though the standards of living and wages were some of the highest in the world, who often benefited least from the industrial growth?

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Industrial workers

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Which of the following describes the common conditions of industrial workers at the time in the U.S.?
Options:
60 hour work weeks.
Limited protections such as pensions or workers competition.
The most dangerous in the world at the time.
All of the above.

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All of the above.

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The response to hazardous working conditions and market insecurities due to booms and busts industrial workers began to form what during this era?

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Forming unions such as the Knights of Labor.

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Which event destroyed the credibility of the organized labor movement spearheaded by the Knights of Labor Union? Options: The Haymarket Riot, The Great Strike, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike

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The Haymarket Riot

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Which of the above pictured ran for President as a socialist candidate multiple times even winning a substantial minority when he was jailed for speaking out against WWI?

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Eugene Debs

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What radically socialist labor union formed during the Progressive Era, also known as the Wobblies, advocated for "every wage-worker, no matter what his religion, fatherland or trade"?

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The International Works of the World (IWW)

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This labor union focused on "Bread & Butter Unionism": Shorter hours, safer working conditions, better pay. Which union is it? Options: Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor (AFL), International Workers of the World (IWW), United Autoworkers (UAW)

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American Federation of Labor (AFL)

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This labor strike damaged the positive reputation of Andrew Carnegie (more so his associate Henry Frick) as it involved a shootout between employees and Pinkertons before Federal troops were called in.

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The Homestead Strike

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This was a strike against the strict living and working conditions imposed by this luxury rail car production company. *It was also the first time the Sherman Antitrust was used against organized labor.

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The Pullman Strike

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Part of the reason workers during the Gilded Age were treated so poorly was the government's position which can best be described as? Options: Laissez-faire capitalism, Marxist-Leninism, Merchantilism, Reformed capitalism

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Laissez-faire capitalism