Canada's Industrial Age: 1890-1905 Quiz

What was the movement to address the problems faced by working-class families called?

• Capitalism

• Imperialism

• Progressivism

• Socialism

What was the purpose of the Trade Union Act passed in 1872?

• To increase working hours for employees

• To legalize unions in Canada

• To make unions illegal in Canada

• To decrease wages for workers

What was the goal of the Knights of Labor in the early 1880s?

• To support only skilled workers

• To ban all unions in Canada

• To exclude women from unions

• To bring together all workers in one big union

What was the intended consequence of the strike at the Dominion Cotton Mill in Magog?

• Replacement of the workers with non-unionized workers

• Physical disability for the workers

• Lifelong illiteracy for the workers

• Higher wages for the workers

What was the original motto of the Toronto Children's Aid Society?

• It is less expensive to save children than to punish criminals

• Children should be left to fend for themselves

• Children should not be protected

• Children should work in factories from a young age

What was the main focus of the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association?

• Improving working conditions for women

• Campaigning for women's right to vote

• Promoting child protection laws

• Organizing mock parliaments

What was the purpose of the Toronto Fresh Air Fund?

• To raise money for women's rights

• To send poor children to the country for a break from the city

• To campaign for children's right to vote

• To organize mock parliaments

What was the effect of the militia's presence on the strikers during the London streetcar strike?

• It intimidated the strikers

• It caused the strikers to become more aggressive

• It had no impact on the strikers

• It led to successful negotiations with the employer

What was the main goal of the Labour Union journal?

• To advocate for child labor in factories

• To support the use of strikebreakers

• To promote the interests of business owners

• To expose the inequalities of distribution

What was the purpose of the mock parliament organized by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1896?

• To promote the use of strikebreakers

• To campaign for child protection laws

• To debate the rights of men in society

• To imitate and ridicule the workings of the Canadian government