Labor Laws and Unions

Multiple Choice

What is a Labor Union?

• A labor union is an organization of workers formed to protect and advance their rights and working conditions.

• A labor union is a social club for employees to socialize and network.
• A labor union is a government agency that regulates worker rights.
• A labor union is a type of investment group focused on stocks.

Multiple Choice

What is a Strike?

• A strike is when workers stop coming to work to protest or negotiate with their employer.

• A strike is when workers work extra hard to get on the good side of their employer.

• A strike is when workers prevent other unruly workers from stopping their work.

Multiple Choice

What was one of the main causes of rapid industrialization in the cities?

• Increased agricultural production in rural areas.
• Government regulations promoting rural development.
• New technology to produce items meant bigger factories and more jobs

• Cities used slavery to help build factories for free and faster.

Multiple Choice

What were the main goals of the Knights of Labor?

• To promote child labor, begin prohibition, and keep business owners wealthy.

• To improve labor conditions, promote the eight-hour workday, advocate for equal pay, eliminate child labor, and support workers' rights.

• To create a monarchical government in the United States led by the Robber Barons.

Multiple Choice

What is a Strikebreaker?

• A person who works during a strike, or threatens strikers to get them back to work

• A manager who negotiates with employees to end a strike

• A worker who supports union activities but does not protest

• A person who brokers a strike to begin

Multiple Choice

Who were the Pinkertons?

• A famous band from the late 1800s.

• A government spy agency for national security.

• A type of pink flower native to North America.
• A private detective agency founded in the 1850s.

Multiple Choice

What was the typical pay for children working in the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

• $5 a day

• $2 a week

• $2.50 an hour

• Their parents got paid

Multiple Choice

What kind of factory caught on fire in New York in 1911

• A Steel Factory

• A Garment Factory

• A Car Factory

• A Meatpacking Factory

Multiple Choice

What law outlawed child labor in the United States?

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Youth Employment Regulation Act
• Children's Rights Protection Act
• Child Labor Prevention Act