Unions/Strikes

What tactic enabled Samuel Gompers to develop the American Federation of Labor into the largest labor union in the U.S.?

• Allowing women and minorities to join the union

• Signing up low-wage, unskilled immigrant laborers

• Lobbying Congress to pass laws limiting the activities of rival unions

• Concentrating on higher wage and better working conditions

Which of the following factors was most significant in the development of labor unions during the 19th century?

• Racial segregation

• Working conditions

• Class discrimination

• Growing prosperity

In what way did their protest at Chicago’s Haymarket Square affect the Knights of Labor?

• The massive gathering of the union’s workers disrupted public services to such an extent that the federal government placed limits on the union’s activities

• Workers lost confidence in the union’s leadership after they discovered the union president had given details of their really o the police

• Union members grew disillusioned as newspapers printed articles blaming workers for the violence that had occurred

• The union’s emphasis on recruiting immigrant laborers at the event angered American-born workers, who then joined the American Federation of Labor

What event does this illustration from the early 20th century depict?

• The Pullman Palace Car disaster

• The Haymarket Square catastrophe

• The Coeur d’Alene strike

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy

In what significant way did the Knights of Labor membership differ from the American Federation of Labor?

• The Knights of Labor advocated the use of strikes as a tactic against unyielding business managers and owners

• The Knights of Labor opened the membership of the organization to women, blacks, and ethnic minorities

• The Knights of Labor developed stronger relationships with policymakers at the federal level

• The Knights of Labor focused on working conditions and workplace safety instead of wages and benefits

The Haymarket Square episode and the Railroad Strike of 1877 were results of which condition?

• Significant increases in payroll tax rates

• Conflict between labor and management interests

• Hostility toward Chinese immigrants

• Unprecedented failure of national financial institutions

“Society advances where its fittest members are allowed to assert their fitness with the least hindrance” This idea, advanced by Herbert Spencer, would be fully embraced by a supporter of which ideology?

• Anarchism

• Marxism

• Social Darwinism

• Social Gospel

What was the main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

• To ensure the spread of manufacturing across the frontier

• To remove import taxes for goods shipped from one state to another

• To protect American agriculture and industry from foreign competition

• To prevent railroads from charging farmers and merchants high shipping rates

During the late 19th century, wealthy industrialists tried to keep workers from joining labor unions because they feared that unions would

• Demand that higher wages be paid to employees

• Require employers to abandon discriminatory hiring practices

• Prevent some workers from receiving higher wages than others

• Lead to less government regulation of labor practices

Which statement best explains the meaning of the political cartoon?

• Child laborers required constant supervision from employers

• Employers provided occupational training of child laborers

• Child laborers benefited from the jobs provided by employers

• Employers exploited (took advantage of) the work of child laborers for their own greed