Lesson 4.5 - The Labor Movement

Multiple Choice

What is a sweatshop?

• Workplace requiring long hours in bad conditions for low pay.

• A nickname given to a steel mill due to the high temperatures from making steel.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a long-term impact of child labor?

• Children working in factories built up a tolerance to many diseases, which they passed down to the next generation.

• Children were not educated and were never able to improve their position in life.

• Working in factories helped children get accepted to better colleges.

Multiple Choice

What made the Knights of Labor a unique labor union?

• It supported the use of child labor in factories.

• It was the first union to organize strikes

• It was the first union to accept unskilled workers.

Multiple Choice

What impact did the Haymarket Square Riots have on labor unions? [5:01]

• Membership in labor union decreased after the Haymarket Square Riots.

• Membership in labor unions stayed the same after the Haymarket Square Riots.

• Membership in labor unions increased after the Haymarket Square Riots.

Multiple Choice

The American Federation of Labor accepted which of the following people into their union?

• African Americans

• Immigrants

• Unskilled Workers

• None of the available options

Multiple Choice

What is collective bargaining?

• When workers are represented by their union during contract negotiations.

• Strategy used by factory owners to get the cheapest labor possible.

• When workers on strike are replaced by a factory owner.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a focus of Mary "Mother" Jones?

• Expanding the use of child labor

• Ending child labor

• Getting rid of worker unions

Multiple Choice

After the Triangle Fire, many U.S. cities passed laws that focused on the safety of workers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How did the government typically respond to strikes organized by unions?

• The government would frequently side with the workers, and force the company owners to give in to worker demands.

• The government frequently sided with the company owners and even used troops to end strikes.

• The government would usually take over companies where strikes occurred, and would arrest the owner.

Multiple Choice

Why were many Americans distrustful of unions during the Industrial Age?

• People felt that unions helped create monopolies.

• They believed that unions were responsible for high unemployment.

• People believed unions were run by foreign radicals and were a threat to American culture.