Ch. 4 Review

The Sherman Antitrust Act tried to restrict which group?

• farmers

• Congress

• large corporations

• small business owners

Which labor organization was founded first?

• Knights of Labor

• International Workers of the World

• American Federation of Labor

• American Railway Union

In the late 1800s, industrial workers

• took control of the factories in which they worked.

• collaborated with employers to reform labor laws.

• faced low wages and long hours in unsafe working conditions.

• increased the amount of time they had available for recreation an leisure.

Which event resulted in the arrest and execution of anarchists and the decline of the Knights of Labor?

• Railroad Strikes of 1877

• Haymarket Riot of 1886

• Homestead Strike of 1892

• Pullman Strike of 1893

Which of the following limited membership to skilled workers and focused on "bread and butter" issues?

• Knights of Labor

• American Railway Union

• American Federation of Labor

• Industrial Workers of the World

Which two companies built the first transcontinental railroad?

• Union Pacific Railroad

• Pennsylvania Railroad

• B&O Railroad

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Illinois Central Railroad

If your labor union works to improve your "bread and butter" issues, which of the following will they probably not worry about?

• wages

• working conditions

• graduated income tax

• work hours

If you were involved in a famous early labor conflict involving wages and rent in a company town, you were probably involved in

• Homestead

• Pullman

• Lawrence

• Haymarket

How many time zones are there in the United States?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The federal government formed the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee

• railroad operations.

• labor union activity.

• the expansion of new transportation laws.

• regulation of communications across state lines.