The Labor Movement (B)

Workers in Chicago after the Civil War were most concerned about what two issues? (Hint think Haymarket Riots)

• Working conditions and the length of the workday
• Pay and health benefits

Of the 8 people accused of conspiring to throw the bomb during the Homestead Strike, how many were found guilty and how many were executed?

• 0 guilty or executed
• 8 guilty, 4 executed

The workers who were executed became symbols of the struggle between capital and ____________. 

• labor
• government
• dynamite! 

What is a worker organization for higher wages, better conditions, benefits and pressure on government

• a Union
• an Onion
• a Worker

Private detectives hired by Henry Clay Frick to spy on and intimidate unions during the Homestead Strike

• Unions
• Pinky Fingers
• Pinkertons
  

Workers refuse to work until demands are met would be on a...

• Labor
• Knight of Labor
• Strike

Carnegie and Frick’s Pinkertons tried to insert scab (replacement) workers into their Pennsylvania factory. State police and militias became involved by force during the...

• Labor Unions
• Homestead Strike

Founded by Samuel Gompers for skilled workers (excluded Owners).

• South Armenian Federation of Labor
• American Federation of Labor
• American Football Federation

Who was the "King of Steel" who owned the Homestead factory?

• Terry Pegula
• Andrew Carnegie

Which of these economic systems allows an individual to control the means of production for a business?

• Capitalism
• Socialism