Labor Movement Quiz

What is collective bargaining?

• Negotiations between labor and management to win higher wages and shorter workweeks

• The formation of labor unions

• The use of strikes to improve working conditions

• The involvement of unions in politics

Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Mary Harris Jones

• Knights of Labor

Which union believed in industrial unionism, a union of all workers in a single industry?

• American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• American Railway Union (ARU)

• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

• Knights of Labor

Who was known as Mother Jones and organized for the United Mine Workers?

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• Mary Harris Jones

• Knights of Labor

What was the effect of the Great Strike of 1877?

• Most freight and some passenger trains were stopped for more than a week

• Labor leaders were charged with inciting a riot

• A battle between workers and Pinkerton Guards resulted in deaths

• Federal troops were called out to break the strike

What tragedy in 1911 made the public aware of terrible working conditions in factories?

• The Great Strike of 1877

• The Haymarket Affair

• The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

• The Homestead Strike

What law did businesses use against workers with the help of the government?

• National Labor Union (NLU)

• Collective bargaining

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Why were unions able to help workers?

• Business leaders merged and so did workers

• Unions raised money for their favorite candidates

• Unions used strikes to improve conditions

• Unions negotiated using collective bargaining

Why were there so many strikes between the 1870s and the 1890s?

• Workers were angry about reduced wages and poor working conditions

• Unions gained greater power and businesses feared them

• Workers united behind leaders like Mary Harris Jones

• The government helped management and used the Sherman Antitrust Act against workers

What was the purpose of the National Labor Union (NLU)?

• To legalize an eight-hour day for government workers

• To exclude African American workers

• To form the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• To persuade Congress to legalize an eight-hour day for government workers