Quizizz - Organized Labor Movement

What are sweatshops?

• Factories where employees work long hours under poor conditions for little pay

• Factories where employees work short hours under good conditions for high pay

• Factories where employees work irregular hours under average conditions for average pay

• Factories where employees work flexible hours under excellent conditions for high pay

What are company towns?

• Communities where residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and buying goods

• Communities where residents have multiple job options and housing choices

• Communities where residents rely upon multiple companies for jobs

• Communities where residents have no job opportunities and lack housing and goods

What is collective bargaining?

• Process in which employees negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions

• A declaration of war against another nation

• A peace agreement between two or more nations

• Process in which employees refuse to negotiate with customers

What is socialism?

• Economic theory under which businesses are publicly controlled and regulated

• Economic theory under which businesses are privately controlled and not regulated

• Economic theory under which businesses are destroyed by the workers

• Economic theory under which businesses are created by the workers

What was the focus of the Knights of Labor?

• Organizing all workers and focusing on broad social reforms

• Organizing skilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands

• Organizing unskilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands

• Organizing all workers and focusing on specific demands

What was the focus of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

• Organizing skilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands rather than seeking broad changes

• Organizing all workers and focusing on broad social reforms

• Organizing unskilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands rather than seeking broad changes

• Organizing all workers and focusing on specific demands rather than seeking broad changes

What happened during the Haymarket Riot?

• A labor-related protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence

• A peaceful labor-related protest in Cincinnati which resulted in positive changes

• A labor-related protest in New York which ended peacefully

• A labor-related protest in London which had no impact

What was the Homestead Strike?

• A strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1892

• A strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania in 2004

• A strike against Rockefeller's ironworks in Nashville, Tennessee in 1894

• A strike against Rockefeller's oil works in San Francisco, California in 1878

Who was Eugene V. Debs?

• An American socialist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World

• An American capitalist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World

• An American socialist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the American Federation of Labor

• An American capitalist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the American Federation of Labor

What was the Pullman Strike?

• A violent 1894 railway workers' strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nationwide

• A peaceful 1894 railway workers' strike which began outside of Cincinnati and resulted in positive changes

• A railway workers' strike in 1886 which began outside of Savannah and ended peacefully

• A railway workers' strike in 1892 which began outside of Tokyo and had no impact