Labor Unions

Growth of railroads helped promote

• farmers

• industry

• children

Railroads and manufacturing companies

• were easy to get along with

• cared for all people

• held great power

Who began to fight against the power of railroads and manufacturing companies?

• farmers

• children

• women

Workers formed groups to try to protect their

• families

• rights

• land

Who stepped in to control the power of these companies?

• federal government

• the president

• the state government

Local railways linked farmers and rural businesses to major rail lines and markets.

• true

• false

One railway company controlled all. They could raise their prices because farmers did not need their services.

• true

• false

Many farmers complained that _______ prices were ________.

• low, fair

• high, unfair

• all, awful

What group did farmers use to push for changes in railroad rates?

• boy scouts

• labor unions

• Grange

In 1905 the state set up this agency to set shipping prices and make sure they were fair.

• Grange

• Indiana Railroad Commission

• Labor Union