The Labor Movement - 16.4 American YAWP

Multiple Choice

Which result BEST completes this diagram?

• Ratification of a suffrage amendment

• Building of a transcontinental railroad

• Passage of prohibition legislation

• Expansion of labor unions

Multiple Choice

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor developed in response to which of the following?

• increased need to protect worker interests

• decreased power of political machines

• increased demand for skilled workers

• decreased profitability of the agricultural sector

Multiple Choice

This excerpt is from testimony given by an anonymous worker.

In the late 1800s, which action taken by American laborers was MOST successful in addressing the problems described in this excerpt?

• Seizing the means of production from business owners

• Joining the organized labor union movement

• Organizing investigations into the use of child labor

• Protesting to force the government to eliminate tariffs

Multiple Choice

This newspaper headline describes an event that occurred in 1894.

What was one effect of the event described in this headline?

• Increased support for gender equality in labor union membership

• Decreased support for socialism by labor union members

• Increased federal government involvement in labor union activities

• Decreased federal government surveillance of labor union leaders

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age, there was a notable increase in federal support for which of the following?

• the growth of big business

• involvement in foreign wars

• the acquisition of foreign territories

• increased temperance regulations