Gateway 5 and 6. Wild, The Labor Movement, Cities and immigrants

What were conditions like for many Industrial workers?

• Unpleasant or dangerous conditions.

• Long hours at monotonous and repetitive jobs.

• Low wages and there was child labor.

• All of these

These organizations could negotiate wages and working conditions collectively with their employer.

• Management negotiators

• Labor Unions

• Individual contract negotiators

• All of these

They invited skilled and unskilled workers to become members, including women and African Americans.

• American Federation of Labor

• Knights of Labor

• American Federation of Teachers

• None of these

This Union consisted of skilled workers and had specific objectives including raising wages and improving working conditions.

• Haymarket Union

• Homestead Union

• Pullman Union

• American Federation of Labor

What was an advantage that management could have over unions?

• They could fire workers.

• They could lockout workers.

• They could blacklist union leaders.

• All of these

A rally in 1886 was held in Chicago. The police showed up and asked the crown to disperse. A dynamite bomb was thrown at the police, killing one policeman instantly. Six other policemen and four demonstrators later died from their wounds. The public associated unions with anarchism and violence. The nation was in favor of the 8 hour workday.

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• All of these

Workers at this steel mill in Pennsylvania were locked out. They workers than went on strike. The state militia came in to restore order. Management hired strike-breakers ("scabs") to run the mill. Members of the steel workers union were fired and "blacklisted" from employment in the steel industry.

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• All of these

Workers lived in a company town. The owner owned their houses and the stores in the town. The owner lowered their wages, but not their rent. They refused to work. Federal troops were brought in to end the strike.

• Pullman Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• Homestead Strike

• All of these

What did the Haymarket Riot, Homestead Strike and Pullman Strike have in common?

• They demonstrated the continuing sympathies in favor of the government.

• They demonstrated that the public were opposed to the labor unions.

• These strikes and these unions became associated with anarchism and violence.

• All of these.

What was one of the grievances of industrial workers in the late 1800's?

• High tariffs.

• Silver Coinage and overseas competition.

• Child Labor

• All of these