Ch. 5 - The Labor Movement

Front

Which was NOT a problem faced by most American factory workers in the late 19th century? Options: boring, repetitive tasks, periodic unemployment, long hours and low wages, demanding hiring requirements

Back

demanding hiring requirements

Front

What was the primary goal of the organization that issued the certificate in 1919?

Back

to obtain better conditions for workers in its affiliate unions

Front

Which ideology was most similar to the ideology identified in the drawing published in England in 1894? Options: capitalism, imperialism, Communism, Social Darwinism

Back

Communism

Front

Based on the flier that appeared on May 4, 1886, which conclusion can be made about the Haymarket Riot?

Back

A large number of the participants were German-speaking immigrants.

Front

Based on the picture of the Haymarket Riot in May 1886, which sentence best describes the viewpoint of the artist?

Back

The police were largely responsible for the violence.

Front

Which tactic was sometimes used by management to resist the demands of labor? Options: strike, boycott, lockout, picket line

Back

lockout

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

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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? Options: Arrest of Eugene V. Debs, Collapse of American Railway Union, Homestead Strike at Carnegie's steelworks, Supreme Court applies antitrust laws to unions

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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 event depicted in the newspaper about the Homestead Strike?

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