Test Review: Organized Labor

Test Review: Organized Labor

8th Grade

12 Qs

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Test Review: Organized Labor

Test Review: Organized Labor

Assessment

Quiz

Created by

Lisa A Napolitano

History

8th Grade

14 plays

Medium

12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does AFL stand for?
American Fun Labor
American Finance of Labor
American Freedom of Labor
American Federation of Labor

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did the AFL represent?
trade and craft (skilled) workers
business owners
government workers
teachers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.
labor unions
party
strike
sweatshop

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
Most strikes by unions in the late 1800's were unsuccessful mainly because
unions were unconstitutional
strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues
government supported business instead of workers
strikers failed to use militant tactics

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?
Carnegie Steels Homestead Plant
the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Haymarket Square
the Pullman factory

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
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

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Collective bargaining is the 
practice used by employers to hire groups of laborers.
practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor possible.
idea that laborers working in groups are more productive in the workplace.
idea that laborers acting together have greater success in negotiating with management.

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