Capital and Labor Quiz

What event heralded a new era of labor conflict in the United States?

• The Populist Movement

• The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

• The Labor Movement

• The Rise of Inequality

What did rail lines do during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

• Increased workers' wages

• Paid shareholders lucrative stock dividends

• Reduced workers' wages

• Provided government subsidies

How did business leaders and political officials react to the strikes?

• They provided government subsidies to the rail lines

• They increased workers' wages

• They called out state militias to break the strikes

• They supported the striking workers

What did the governor of Maryland do during the strikes in Baltimore?

• Supported the striking workers

• Fired into a crowd of striking workers

• Called out federal troops

• Deployed the state's militia

How did the strikes in Pittsburgh end?

• The strikers destroyed rail property

• The protests were put down by law enforcement

• The governor called out the state militia

• The federal troops broke the strike

What did the strikes in Reading, Pennsylvania lead to?

• The killing of ten strikers by the militia

• The destruction of rail property

• The firing into a crowd by the militia

• The declaration for the eight-hour day and the abolition of child labor

What did the strikes in St. Louis lead to?

• The shutdown of rail lines in neighboring Illinois

• The killing of eighteen protesters by federal troops

• The breaking of the strike by federal troops

• The reopening of rail depots

How were the strikes finally defeated?

• By the governor of Maryland

• By the federal troops

• By the courts, police, and state militias

• By the president's orders

What was the impact of the strikes?

• The need for institutionalized unions

• A half century of labor conflict in the United States

• All of the above

• Greater political influence and government aid for businesses

What did the post-Civil War era see in American industry?

• Skills becoming more important

• Increased individual strength

• Technological innovations and national investments

• Decreased power of capital