LABOR UNIONS EOC

Multiple Choice

Review: How were Americans influenced by the growth of railroads during the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

• Railroads led to shortages of raw materials for factories

• Railroads stimulated the construction of steamship

• Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first truly national market

• Railroads caused cotton and rice to move from the Southeast to the West Coast

Multiple Choice

Review: What goal motivated Henry Flagler to build the Florida East Coast Railway?

• to encourage the US to build a canal in Panama

• to bring tourists to the luxury hotels he had built along the Florida coastline

• to create a refuge for people immigrating to the US from Latin America

• to build a "dream town" with money he made from his partnership with John D. Rockefeller

Multiple Choice

What was one grievance of workers in the late 1800s?

• high tariffs

• low wages

• silver coinage

• overseas competition

Multiple Choice

What was an important way in which the Knights of labor differed from the American Federation of Labor?

• It represented skilled workers in negotiations

• It was open to women and African Americans

• It tried to recruit new members to increase its influence

• It wanted to increase workers wages and limit working hours

Multiple Choice

The picture depicts the Haymarket Riot in 1892.

Based on the picture, which sentence best describes the viewpoint of the artist?

• The police were totally responsible for the violence

• The lives of women and children wee endangered

• The protestors' demands were justified

• Some protestors were prepared to use violence

Multiple Choice

How were the Homestead and Pullman Strikes similar?

• Both were ended by federal court injunctions

• Both were led by union leader Eugene V. Debs

• Both ended in important defeats for organized labor

• Both involved armed confrontations between workers and Pinkerton detectives

Multiple Choice

Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th century?

• Government leaders received money from business and also believed in laissez- faire

• Government leaders were followers of new ideologies from Europe such as socialism

• Government leaders did not believe that conditions for industrial workers were that bad

• Government leaders feared violence from business owners if they took the side of workers

Multiple Choice

How was the problem shown in the cartoon addressed during the late 1800s?

• Creation of the Populist party

• Elimination of child labor

• Organization of labor unions

• Increase in immigrant workers