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The Great Strikes (13.4)

Authored by Molly DePaiva

History

10th Grade

The Great Strikes (13.4)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ brought the United States enormous wealth, but a great gap existed between the rich and the poor.

Farming

Herding

Industrialization

Socialism

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To fight inequality between the rich and the poor, many workers turned to ______. This was an economic and political philosophy that favors public rather than private control of property.

capitalism

communism

socialism

individualism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Some people upset with inequality turned to labor unions. The _____ was a national craft union which organized skilled workers. Its leader was Samuel Gompers.

American Federation of Labor

International Labor Union

Credit Union

Workers Unite Union

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

T/F: Through economic pressures such as strikes and boycotts, the American Federation of Labor tried to force employers into negotiating with workers, like collective bargaining.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Workers fought for shorter days, higher_____, and better working conditions. Employers reacted with measures that included: forbidding union meetings, firing union organizers, and refusing to recognize unions.

wages

disability

hours

none of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

National labor unrest continued, particularly in the railroad industry. Strikes erupted all over the nation, like the Railroad Strike of 1877. In 1893, ______ successfully formed a railway industrial union.

Thomas Edison

Nikola Tesla

Eugene Debs

Steph Curry

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Strikes continued through the late 1800s and often erupted into violence. Employers turned to the federal government and the courts for help. The government responded by sending federal _____ and courts issued orders against unions.

troops

money

food

grants

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