Industrialization and Labor Unions

when an economy moves from agrarian to being based on the production of goods by using machines and factories

• industrialization

• trust

• union

• horizontal

  integration

an organization formed by workers to improve or protect wages, working conditions and benifits

• union

• depression

• trust

• capital

  investment

What was the purpose of labor unions?

• To lower prices of products

• To improve working conditions

• To improve their image

• To decrease prices in the business they worked in

What happened to the percentage of people living in rural areas as a result of industrialization?

• increased

• decreased

• remained constant/stayed the same

Why did labor unions first form?

• To protect the rights of business owners

• To protect the rights of workers

• To protect the rights of customers

• All of the above

What is it called when a group of workers decide to not go to work?

• Strike

• Holiday

• Day off

• No show

True or False: Strikes during the Industrial Revolution were always peaceful.

• True

• False

True or False: Labor unions are illegal in the United States today.

• True

• False

The negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees.

• Labor Unions

• Workers Rights

• Worker Strikes

• Collective Bargaining

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.