Labor Day Quiz (from Flocab)

Many factory workers had to work

• long hours for high pay

• short hours for little pay

• long hours for little pay

• short hours for high pay

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Dangerous machinery in factories caused workers to

• get hurt

• work shorter hours

• get tired quickly

• forget how to use the machines

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Why did people begin to form unions?

• to meet other people who worked at the same jobs

• to organize parades to celebrate workers

• to talk about how they were treated unfairly at work

• to learn how to work factory machinery

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which group of Americans are celebrated on Labor Day?

• workers

• mothers

• students

• politicians

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Workers joined a movement to demand ______________ from their employers.

• free lunch

• vacation time

• a workers' holiday

• better pay and treatment

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The Central Labor Union aimed to help

• people find jobs.

• improve working conditions

• employers hire good workers.

• organize a national holiday for workers.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Very few people joined the workers' parade at first because they

• didn't like parades

• didn't believe in workers' rights.

• were scared about missing work.

• weren't members of the group that organized the parade.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What happened in Pullman, Illinois, when workers started a riot?

• Their employers gave in to their demands.

• The army was sent in to break the strike.

• The workers got tired and went home.

• The workers destroyed the city.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which president signed a bill to make Labor Day an official federal holiday?

• Donald Trump

• Abraham Lincoln

• Grover Cleveland

• Barack Obama

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

Labor Day is celebrated annually on the

• first Monday in May.

• last Monday in August.

• last Monday in September.

• first Monday in September.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5