Conditions of Labor/Labor Unions quiz

Which of the following was NOT a condition of labor during the Gilded Age?

• long hours

• boring, repetitive work

• low wages

• no jobs were available

What alternative did business leaders use when labor unions began to form?

• immigrant labor

• women labor

• child labor

• electricity

Which of the following was NOT associated with labor unions during the Gilded Age?

• Samuel Gompers

• AFL

• Knights of Labor

• American Airlines

What was the main reason for the formation of labor unions during the Gilded Age?

• to help immigrants get jobs

• to establish "bargaining power" with business leaders

• to get electricity into factories

• no reason, they just formed

Who is credited for the formation of the AFL?

• Bill Clinton

• TuPac

• Samuel Gompers

• John D. Rockefeller

What was government's reaction to the formation of labor unions?

• It supported them.

• It funded them with federal money.

• It opposed them as being harmful to American businesses.

• It didn't care one way or the other.

Which of the following was an example of violent disruption associated with labor unions?

• The Haymarket Affair of 1886

• The Teapot Dome Scandal

• The Great Railroad Crash

• Unions were never violent

Why were workers concerned with the lack of job security?

• because owners could fire them at any time with no reason

• because owners could only fire them if they were injured

• because owners did not have the power to fire their workers

• because owners could only fire those workers who had not been there very long

Which workers were paid the least during the Gilded Age?

• women and men

• men and children

• women and children

• horses and parrots

What was one reason why working conditions were so unsafe?

• because safety inspectors were paid to "look the other way"

• because the machines were so old

• because most workers operated their machines in complete darkness

• because the workers refused to be careful