Ch. 6 Test Review

Ch. 6 Test Review

Why Were Some Americans Afraid of Labor Unions

• Everett Massacre & Centralia Massacre

• Who normally owns a business: one person or a large group of people?

• Extreme and different ideas

Multiple Select

Why were some Americans afraid of labor unions?

** Choose two.**

• Unions had extreme ideas

• Unions could be violent

• Unions made people work less

Why Are These Important?

• IWW = goal was to create ONE BIG UNION

• Why would this help workers in poor conditions?

• Everett Massacre = striking shingle workers promised........

• Centralia Massacre = Wobblies were warned of a potential raid.... How could this start a fight?

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

• The IWW wanted to have one big union

• Everett Massacre started because the Wobblies were warned of a raid

• Centralia Massacre started when shingle workers were not given the raise they were promised

Corruption Examples

• Local Governments = Mayor Gill brought homeless people to vote for him

• Why would this be corrupt?

• Businesses = Hill had a monopoly in the railroad business

• Federal Government = Congress gave money to 'big business' to help them

• Why would this be corrupt?

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

• an example of corruption is a mayor bringing homeless men into his city to vote for him

• an example of corruption is Congress giving money to only very wealthy businesses to help them

• an example of corruption is a businesses having a monopoly

• all of the above

Why did the Government Want to Build the Grand Coulee Dam?

• How can a dam help people?

• Farmers were losing money after WW1

• There was a drought

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"The Government built the Grand Coulee Dam because there was a need for electricity and water."

• True

• False