Ch. 6.1A Lesson Review

Ch. 6.1A Lesson Review

Labor Unions

Working Conditions

• Low pay for very long work hours

Open Ended

Why would workers put up with this?

Working Conditions

• Work was very dangerous

  • mining accidents...sawmill accidents

Working Conditions

• Injured workers either got replaced or worked through injuries

Open Ended

How is this mentality, of not stopping when hurt or sick, different from present day?

Multiple Select

Which two statements show the poor working conditions in Washington State during the late 1800's and early 1900's?

• Workers received pay equal to the amount of work they did

• Workers had to work very long hours

• Workers had to work through injuries or risk being replaced

Purpose of Unions

• Group of workers trying to improve working conditions

Word Cloud

Why would it be better to work as a group to improve working conditions, as opposed to doing it alone?

Purpose of Unions

• In the beginning limited who was allowed to join unions

Draw

• Draw a picture to show if this was a good idea or bad idea?

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"Unions were started to try to improve working conditions."

• True

• False

Unions Greatest Weapon

• Unions would stop working until businesses improved working conditions...strike

Open Ended

How might a strike achieve the goal of getting better working conditions?

Multiple Choice

A strike is when a group of workers ___________ to try to get better working conditions.

• continue working

• stop working

• sing and dance

Response to Labor Strikes

• Fire workers

• Strikebreakers....started racial discrimination

• Blacklist organizers

• Call to the government

Open Ended

Would these various responses stop people from striking?

Word Cloud

• Which response, to a strike, would hurt striking workers the worst?

  Fire_workers

  Strikebreakers

  Blacklist_organizers

  Call_government

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements show how businesses would respond to strikes?

• lists would be made of the people who started strikes so they would not be hired

• people striking would get a raise

• the government would be called in to end the strike

Fear of Labor Unions

People thought private ownership would be taken away

People afraid of violent protests