AMSCO 329 - 331 (CH 16, Part 3)

The major strikes that arose during the late 19th century were caused by conflicts conerning

• wages and work hours
• safety on the work site
• religious freedom at work
• work required on Saturdays

Which of the following was NOT a national union during the last half of the 19th century?

• National Education Association

• National Labor Union

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

Governments at all levels generally reacted to labor disputes by

• restricting labor union activity
• reducing wages
• arresting factory owners
• umpiring the negotiations

Labor unions of "The Gilded Age" used all the following methods in fighting management EXCEPT:

• strikes

• collective bargaining

• political action

• starting their own worker owned factories

Following the Haymarket Incident in Chicago and Homestead Strike in Pennsylvania, what happened with the strength of labor unions:

• the power of labor unions increased

• the overall power of labor unions decreased due to the violence from the strikes

• new regulations were put in place to prevent future strikes, thus the power of Labor Unions decreased

• Labor Unions were declared illegal by the U S Congress, thus the power of Labor Unions disappeared

The manager of the Homestead Strike, working for Andrew Carnegie was:

• Henry Frick

• George Pullman

• Eugene Debs

• Samuel Gompers

The Pullman Strike included the direct involvement of the U S president of the time:

• Rutherford Hayes

• Grover Cleveland

• Millard Fillmore

• William McKinley

Companies and corporations used all the following tactics for defeating labor unions EXCEPT:

• the lockout

• calling in private guards and state militia to put down strikes

• yellow-dog contracts

• protest marches

The Knights of Labor would develop into one of the most significant labor unions to develop during the Gilded Age. All of the following were true of the Knights of Labor, EXCEPT:

• they were led by Terence Powderly

• they opened their membership to women and African Americans

• they favored settling disputes by means of arbitration rather than resorting to stikes

• they believed in walking off the job unless their contracts were re-negotiated for better salaries

The leader of the labor union at the Pullman Strike directed the workers to not handle any trains with Pullman cars. The strike resulted in the disruption of rail transportation across the U. S. Who was the labor union leader during the Pullman Strike:

• Kevin Durant

• Eugene Debs

• Samuel Gompers

• Edward Scissorhands