Labor Day Flocab Questions

Many factory workers had to work

• long hours for high pay.

• short hours for little pay.

• long hours for little pay.

• short hours for high pay.

Dangerous machinery in factories caused workers to

• get hurt.

• get tired quickly.

• work shorter hours.

• forget how to use the machines.

Why did people begin to form unions?

• to meet other people who worked at the same jobs

• to organize parades to celebrate workers

• to talk about how they were treated unfairly at work

• to learn how to work factory machinery

Which group of Americans are celebrated on Labor Day?

• workers

• mothers

• students

• politicians

Workers joined a movement to demand { } from their employers.

• free lunch

• vacation time

• a workers' holiday

• better pay and treatment

The Central Labor Union aimed to help

• people find jobs.

• improve working conditions.

• employers hire good workers.

• organize a national holiday for workers.

Very few people joined the workers' parade at first because they

• didn't like parades.

• didn't believe in workers' rights.

• were scared about missing work.

• weren't members of the group that organized the parade.

What happened in Pullman, Illinois, when workers started a riot?

• Their employers gave in to their demands.

• The army was sent in to break the strike.

• The workers got tired and went home.

• The workers destroyed the city.

Which president signed a bill to make Labor Day an official federal holiday?

• Donald Trump

• Abraham Lincoln

• Grover Cleveland

• Theodore Roosevelt

Labor Day is celebrated annually on the

• first Monday in May.

• last Monday in August.

• last Monday in September.

• first Monday in September.