USII.4e Check for Understanding

Cornelius Vanderbilt is the captain of which industry?

• assembly line
• automobile
• textile
• shipping and railroad

Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people and correct the injustices in American life

• Civil Rights 
• Progressive Party
• Progressive Movement
• Square Deal

Which issue most contributed to the early growth of labor unions?

• Dangerous working conditions
• Local neighborhood pollution
• Increasing income taxes
• Limited worker education

_________?__________

-Unsafe working conditions

-Child labor

-Low wages

What would be the best title for the diagram above?

• Negative Effects of Industrialization

• Positive Effects of Industrialization

During the Progressive Movement, how did workers fight to make better pay and working conditions?

• Create groups of workers of the same trade known as Unions that bargain with the employer for better working conditions

• Create societies that help find jobs for the unemployed

• Develop a corporation and allow workers to purchase the company

• Create associations that discuss workers concerns and dislikes

Workers refusing to work because of poor working conditions is called a ______________.

• monopoly

• union

• formation

• strike

An example of a labor union strike would be the one that happened at Carnegie's steel plant where he forced workers to take a pay cut and then made them work longer hours. What was this strike called?

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• Carnegie Strike

• Steel Strike

The Pullman Strike that marked the first time that the government got involved in labor strikes. What industry was this strike in?

• Railroads

• Meatpacking

• Steel

• Oil

A federal minimum wage was set during the Progressive Movement as a result of which Progressive Movement reform?

• Improved safety conditions

• Reduced work hours and fair worker pay

• Placed restrictions on child labor

• Rise of Organized Labor

The children in the picture are able to go to school because of this Progressive Movement reform.

• Improved safety conditions

• Reduced work hours and fair worker pay

• Placed restrictions on child labor

• Rise of Organized Labor