RISE OF LABOR UNIONS

An organization of workers established to serve and advance its members' interests in terms of wages, benefits, and working hours and conditions

• closed shop

• labor union

• blacklist

• lockout

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration?

• the Great Railroad Strike

• the Haymarket Square Riot

• the Homestead Strike

• the Pullman Strike

_______ is when workers refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet their demands.

• labor unions

• party

• strike

• sweatshop

_{Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s 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

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

How did the public often perceive unions as the result of events like the Haymarket riot and the Homestead strike?

• The unions were viewed as champions of the common man

• The unions were viewed as persecuted victims 

• The unions were viewed as promoting violence and anarchy 

• The unions were viewed as being treated unfairly by the government 

What were working conditions like during the U.S. Industrial Revolution?

• Safe

• Comfortable

• Awesome

• Dangerous

What did workers want when they went on strike?

• Higher wages

• Better working conditions

• Fewer hours 

• All of the above

Women worked the same hours as men and were also paid the same.

• true

• false

Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were —

• providing safe working conditions for child laborers

• employing children as a source of cheap labor

• seeking government regulation of child labor