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A high protective tariff passed by Congress is intended to affect the United States economy by

• promoting free trade

• imiting industrial jobs

• encouraging American manufacturing

• expanding global interdependence

During the late 1800s, the use of child labor in United States factories was most opposed by

• Parents

• Nativists

• Labor Unions

• Factory Owners

The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to

• passage of federal laws that favored workers

• laws restricting immigration and naturalization

• poor working conditions and low wages in many industries

• economic depressions that had led to high unemployment

The American Federation of Labor's support for "bread and butter" unionism was intended to

• gain control of state and federal legislatures

• change the economic system to socialism

• combine all skilled and unskilled workers into one large organization

• improve wages, hours, and working conditions

Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs, and John L. Lewis all influenced the American economy by

• supporting free trade between nations

• encouraging the use of monopolies

• advocating laissez-faire capitalism

• working to build unions and improve pay

In the late 1800s, why were most strikes by unions unsuccessful?

• unions were generally considered to be unconstitutional

• government usually supported business instead of workers

• strikes had never been used before in labor disputes

• strikers failed to use militant tactics

In the United States, which development was a result of the other three?

• unsanitary working conditions in factories

• unequal distribution of profits between management and workers

• formation of labor unions

• 12-hour workday