(ch3/ L2) Labor Movement and Reforms

Many workers responded to low pay and dangerous working conditions by:

• counting their money carefully
• forming labor unions
• moving to settlement houses
• getting an education

Which group would have called for the action mentioned in the headline?

• Boss Tweed and his political machine
• Captains of Industry
• Suffragettes
• American Federation of Labor

Eight hours for work
Eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
- AFL song
When workers sang the song above, what were they asking for?

• safer factories
• higher wages
• shorter work days
• fewer work holidays

What was the time period called when people tried to work toward improved safety conditions, reduced work hours, and restrictions on child labor?

• Temperance Movement
• Progressive Movement
• Civil Rights Movement
• The Suffrage Movement

What happened after the Homestead Strike?

• union membership decreased
• union membership increased
• many new unions were formed
• union membership numbers did not change

The Homestead Strike was associated with which industry?

• oil
• steel
• railroad
• automobile

The Pullman Strike was associated with which industry?

• oil
• steel
• railroad
• automobile

Which strike is this headline, about the president calling in the army for help, probably about?

• Headway Strike
• Homestead Strike
• Pullman Strike
• Choo-Choo Strike of 1901

Which Progressive Era reform solved the problem of factory workers who worked 12 hour days, six days per week?

• restrictions on child labor
• 40 hour work week
• increased acceptance of labor unions
• improved safety conditions

What was the goal of labor unions like the American Federation of Labor?

• help monopolies survive
• employee ownership in most companies
• improved working conditions and better pay
• decreasing the influence of political machines