The Rise of Organized Labor

In 1869, workers formed the ________________.  At first, the union was open to skilled workers only.

• Haymarket Square
• American Federation of Labor
• Collective Bargaining
• Knights of Labor

Workers suffering low pay, long hours, and unhealthful conditions which threatened the well being of workers.  Many found ways to fight back. Some refused to work.  This action is called a _________.

• census
• injunction
• strike
• anarchist

On May 3, 1886, workers clashed with strikebreakers outside the factory.  Four workers were killed.  The next day, thousands of workers gather in ___________________, Chicago, Illinois to protest the killing of the workers.

• American Federation
• Haymarket Square
• Knights of Labor
• Triangle Shirtwaist

The leader of the union known as the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• Samuel Gompers

• Terrence Powderly

• John P. Morgan

• Henry Bessemer

The labor union that only accepted skilled workers who were difficult to replace during strikes.

• Knights of Labor
• American Federation of Labor
• World Wide Federation of Labor
• Nights and Days of Labor

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

_______________ are formed with the idea that there’s strength in numbers.

• strikes
• organizations
• union leaders
• unions 

Violent 1984 railway workers' strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nationwide

• Haymarket Riot

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

leader of the American Railway Union

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Henry Bessemer

• Henry Ford

Who was the "King of Steel" who owned the Homestead factory?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Eugene Debs