Workers Organize

What was the main idea of workers organizing and joining labor unions?

• To increase job security

• To demand better working conditions and pay

• To promote individualism

• To create secret societies

What was the motto of the Knights of Labor?

• Every worker for themselves

• An injury to one is a concern of all

• Unity through secrecy

• Workers' rights above all

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

• Terence V. Powderly

• Samuel Gompers

• Mary Harris Jones

• African Americans

What was the primary focus of the AFL's efforts?

• To get better wages, hours, and working conditions for laborers

• To organize secret societies

• To limit membership to skilled workers

• To discourage strikes

What was the primary goal of the Knights of Labor?

• To limit membership to skilled workers

• To organize individual workers

• To discourage collective bargaining

• To push for an eight-hour workday, equal pay for equal work, and an end to child labor

Who was known as 'Mother Jones' and what was her role in the labor movement?

• Terence V. Powderly, campaigned for basic trade-union rights

• Terence V. Powderly, organized strikes and educated workers

• Mary Harris Jones, discouraged collective bargaining

• Mary Harris Jones, organized strikes and educated workers

What was the primary reason for workers joining labor unions in the late 1800s?

• To discourage strikes

• To create secret societies

• To pressure employers into paying better wages and improving working conditions

• To limit membership to skilled workers

What was the AFL's approach to organizing unions?

• Discouraged strikes

• Organized individual workers

• Limited membership to unskilled workers

• Organized unions of skilled workers

What was the primary focus of the Knights of Labor in campaigning for reforms?

• Pushing for an eight-hour workday, equal pay for equal work, and an end to child labor

• Discouraging collective bargaining

• Limiting membership to skilled workers

• Organizing individual workers