Big business, labor unions, technological innovations

Samuel Gompers is considered the founder of this labor union

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

• United Auto Workers

• Major League Baseball Players Association

Labor unions were established because

• pay was low

• long working hours

• unsafe working conditions

• all of the above

Labor unions did the following in hopes of getting their demands met.

• Went on strike

• Worked harder to impress management

• used violence

Unions during the 2nd Industrial Revolution hope to accomplish all the following except

• Better wages

• 8 hour days

• safe working conditions

• end to child labor

• health care benefits

The following are associated with the American Federation of Labor except

• Samuel Gompers

• skilled workers

• AFL-CIO

• unskilled workers

Reception center in New York Harbor through which most European immigrants to America were processed from 1892 to 1954.

• Jekyll Island

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Liberty Island

immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

The main purpose of the American Federation of Labor was-

• to control the market

• to provide more benefits to corporations

• to push for higher wages and better working conditions for laborers

• to create anarchy in the US

What was an effect of rapid industrialization?

• Class divisions began to disappear

• Environmental regulations began to be inacted

• Women were left out of the workforce

• Union membership increased to deal with problems seen in factories

What was the main goal of labor unions in the 19th century?

• Establish job security for their members

• To get workers paid vacations

• To improve wages and working hours

• To provide universal healthcare for all workers