American 1 6.4

What industry was paralyzed by the Pullman Strike of 1894?

• Clothing
• Steel
• Railroads
• It was spread across several industries

Why were strikes not as effective in industries with unskilled workers?

• Unskilled workers were paid high wages.
• Unskilled workers could be replaced more easily than skilled workers.
• Unskilled workers were not allowed to join unions.
• Many unskilled workers were deported for supporting unions.

What does AFL stand for?

• American Fun Labor
• American Finance of Labor
• American Freedom of Labor
• American Federation of Labor

_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.

• labor unions
• party
• strike
• sweatshop

Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the Congress of Industrial Organization were examples of....

• Organized Crime
• Terrorist organizations
• Labor unions

What was the main cause of the Pullman Strike?

• Cut wages 
• Pullman wouldn't tell the workers the Wifi password
• Raised rent prices
• Pullman wouldn't pay for electricity in worker's homes

Formation of national labor unions in the late 1800's was mainly because of

• passage of laws that supported workers
• laws restricting immigration
• poor working conditions and low wages
• economic depression that led to high unemployment

The Homestead Strike was a protest 

• in Colorado demanding safer working conditions. 
• Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.
• against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditions
• against the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.

Which of the following is a method that unions use to allow mass numbers of workers to negotiate as one body?

• Lockouts 
• Strikes 
• Boycotts 
• Collective Bargaining 

What was an important consequence of the Haymarket Riot?

• Decline of the Knights of Labor
• Rally for public opinion in favor of workers
• Victory of workers in the Homestead Strikes
• Break up of the American Federation of Labor