Industrialization - Labor Unions

Why did labor unions first form?

• To protect the rights of business owners

• To protect the rights of workers

• To protect the rights of customers

• All of the above

What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?

• Safe

• Comfortable

• Easy

• Dangerous

What did workers want when they went on strike?

• Higher wages

• Better working conditions

• Fewer hours

• All Choices

What typically happened to individual employees who complained about working conditions?

• They were given raises

• They were fired

• They were listened to

• They quit

What is it called when a group of workers decide to not go to work?

• Strike

• Holiday

• Day off

• No show

True or False: Strikes during the Industrial Revolution were always peaceful.

• True

• False

What major strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia after the B&O Railroad company cut wages?

• Pullman strike

• Factory Workers Strike

• Great Railroad Strike

• Virginia Strike

What did the Lowell Mill Girls call a 'strike' in 1836?

• Switch off

• Turn out

• Stay home

• sitting

True or False: Labor unions are illegal in the United States today.

• True

• False

Match the following groups and people of Organized Labor

• Leader of the Knights of Labor

• Terrance Powderly

• Non union workers who replaced workers who were striking

• strike breakers

• Organized strikes aimed at helping conditions improve for women and children

• Samuel Gompers

• Leader of the AFL

• Mother Jones

• Worked for skilled workers to gain better pay, hours, and working conditions

• American Federation of Labor (AFL)