American History Union Strikes Quizizz

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Multiple Choice

Which Founding Document helped the US separate from Britain, get independence from Britain?

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordinance

• Articles of Confederation

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Which Founding Document set up temporary governmence for territories like Ohio before they became states?

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordinance

• Articles of Confederation

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Which Founding Document set up the nation's republican form of government?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

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Which Founding Document contains separation of powers and checks and balances?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

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Which Founding Document lists the rights of the people that the national government should not take away?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

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Which group argued that the US needed a bill of rights in order to prevent government from becoming oppressive?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

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Which group argued that the US needed a stronger national government in order to protect the rights of citizens?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

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The Anti-Federalists are most responsible for which document?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance

• Bill of Rights

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Which group opposed the ratification of the US Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

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Multiple Choice

During industrialization, labor increasingly switch from hand-powered to machine-powered. What's another word below that means "machine-powered"?

• squeamish

• manual

• mechanized

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Which of the following became mechanized during industrialization?

Farm labor? Factory labor? Or both?

• farm labor

• factory labor

• both

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By the early 20th century (or early 1900s), the US was:

• predominantly urban and industrial

• predominantly rural and agrarian

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Thomas Edison invented (click two):

• the phonograph

• the telephone

• the incandescent light bulb

• electric sewing machine

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John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company owned 90% of the oil industry.

What terms are used to describe one business controlling entires industries?

• urban and rural

• monopoly and trust

• vertical integration and urbanization

​Quizizz Lesson

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Great Strikes of the

Gilded Age​

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Read paragraph A.

There are three things that helped give factory workers a "rough life."

Which of the following was NOT one of the three things that was "rough" for workers?

• long hours

• dangerous conditions

• low pay

• top notch health insurance

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Read paragraph A.

Which one of the following WAS something that made factory workers lives' "rough"?

• long hours

• top notch health insurance

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Read paragraph A.

Which one of the following WAS something that made factory workers lives' "rough"?

• dangerous conditions

• top notch health insurance

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Read paragraph A.

Which one of the following WAS something that made factory workers lives' "rough"?

• low pay

• top notch health insurance

​Read paragraph B

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According to paragraph B, what were factory worker wages like?

• high paying wages

• low paying wages

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According to paragraph B, for average families, how many people had to work at a factory during the late 1800s?

• only the father

• the entire family

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According to paragraph B, for average families, how many people had to work at a factory during the late 1800s?

• only the father

• the father, PLUS mom and kids

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According to paragraph B, for average families, did many families have time for their children to attend school?

• Yes

• No

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According to paragraph B, were children working more in the factories? Or spending more time in school?

• Factories

• School

​Read paragraph C

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According to paragraph C, labor unions are groups of workers that are working_____________?

• Together

• only for yourself

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According to paragraph C, what were TWO things that labor unions of the late 1800s demanded?

• higher wages

• longer working hours (14-16 hours per day)

• safer working conditions

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According to paragraph C, what was the name of the first big labor union?

• National Labor Union

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

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According to paragraph C, the National Labor Union had members in ___ different states.

• all 50

• 13

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According to paragraph C, what was one huge success of the National Labor Union?

• establishing a minimum wage

• getting an 8-hour workday for government employees

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According to paragraph C, what was the name of the political party that the NLU created?

• Labor Reform Party

• Republican Party

​Read paragraph D

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According to paragraph D, what big union formed in 1868?

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

• IWW

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According to paragraph D, the Knights of Labor was only open to white male factory workers.

• True

• False

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According to paragraph D, the Knights of Labor asked for equal pay for women.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What do you think?

Should unions be open to all people, even unskilled workers?

Why did you answer the the way you did?

​Read paragraph E, on the back of your sheet

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According to paragraph E, Samuel Gompers led which union, created in 1886?

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

• Wobblies

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According to paragraph E, the American Federation of Labor is also known by what abbreviation?

• IWW

• AFL

• Wobblies

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According to paragraph E, the American Federation of Labor focused on what tactic?

• strikes

• boycotts

• collective bargaining

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According to paragraph E, which phrase below is a good synonym for "collective bargaining"?

• group negotiations

• refusing to buy goods from a certain place

• stopping work in order to pressure your boss to meet your demands

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A strike is another tactic used by unions. Which of the following is a good definition of "strike"?

If you need help, look at paragraph G.

• group negotiations

• refusing to buy goods from a certain place

• stopping work in order to pressure your boss to meet your demands

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A boycott is another tactic used by unions. Which of the following is a good definition of "boycott"?

• group negotiations

• refusing to buy goods from a certain place

• stopping work in order to pressure your boss to meet your demands

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According to paragraph E, Eugene Debs was the leader of what union?

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

• American Railway Union

​Read paragraph F

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Some of the more radical unions wanted the US to be more socialist.

Which of the following is the better description of SOCIALISM?

Find the answer in paragraph F

• private ownership of land and factories and free competition and less government regulation

• government control of business and property, in order to make things more equal

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Looking at paragraph F, socialists think that our American system, called capitalism, with private ownership and free competition, leads to:

• equality between rich and poor, maybe even no poor at all

• the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer

​Read paragraph H.

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Looking at paragraph H, where did 1200 people gather in Chicago in May 1886?

• Haymarket Square

• the White House in Washington DC

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Looking at paragraph H, how many people gathered in Haymarket Square in Chicago in May 1886?

• exactly 537

• about 1200

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Looking at paragraph H, why did all these people gather in Chicago's Haymarket Square in May 1886?

• to protest police killing a striking worker

• to support the use of police brutality

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Looking at paragraph H, did the meeting of these people in Haymarket Square remain peaceful?

• Yes, they got along with police

• No, they began to fight with police

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Looking at the picture, what was thrown into the police line during the fighting between police and workers, killing several police?

• a cat with rabbies

• a homemade bomb

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Reading the last sentence of paragraph H, how did the general public react to the Haymarket Square Riot of 1886?

• the public supported unions more

• the public turned against the violent unions

Open Ended

If unions want good things, but use violence to get them, should we in the public support those unions?

What if the unions feel like they have to resort to violence because the bosses have so much power? Is that a good enough excuse to use violence toward police?

Please explain

​Read paragraph I

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Reading paragraph I, you see it talks about a strike in 1892.

Who owned the factory where there was this big strike?

• Samuel Gompers

• Andrew Carnegie

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Reading paragraph I, you see that Carnegie owned a steel factory.

Mr. Beavers' drew an arrow that leads you to the name of the steel factory. What was it called?

• Homestead

• Silicon Valley

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Reading paragraph I, you see that Carnegie owned a steel called Homestead. It was outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Carnegie hired scabs to take the place of the striking workers. What is a scab?

• a replacement worker during a strike

• the workers going on strike

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Think back to the notes Mr. Beavers gave you last week.

What was the name of the detective agency that businessmen hired to protect their factories during worker strikes?

• the Secret Service

• the Pinkertons

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Think back to the notes Mr. Beavers gave you last week.

What was the name of the detective agency that Carnegie called in to protect Homestead?

They ended up shooting at the striking workers.

• the Secret Service

• the Pinkertons

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Read paragraph I, the strike at Carnegie's Homestead Plant became tense.

Was there violence?

• yes, several people died

• no, it was tense but it was peaceful

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Read paragraph I, did the workers win their strike?

• Yes

• No

​Read paragraph J

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Read paragraph J, then look at the arrow that Mr. Beavers drew.

What's the name of the next strike, in 1894?

• Haymarket Square Riot

• Pullman Strike

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Read paragraph J, then look at the arrow that Mr. Beavers drew.

What's the name of the next strike, in 1894?

• Haymarket Square Riot

• Pullman Strike

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Read paragraph J.

Was the Pullman Strike peaceful?

• Yes, there was no violence

• no, the strike ended in bloodshed

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Read paragraph J.

Which is true?

• the workers won the strike

• federal troops were called in to stop the workers from striking and many workers lost their jobs

Skip to paragraphs M and N

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Read paragraph M.

Which is true?

• many times, businesses banned union meetings and fired union workers

• most businesses during the late 1800s/late 19th century were pro-union

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Read paragraph N, the last paragraph.

Which is true?

• oftentimes the federal government sided with businessmen and not workers

• unions were very successful and faced no opposition from business leaders in the late 1800s/late 19th century