Reforming the Workforce Quiz

Unions and reformers took steps to improve​ (a)   In the workplace and​ (b)   Working hours.

• Safety
• Limit
• Decrease 
• Compensation 
• Moral
• Increase 

Why did the Supreme Court rule that the federal child labor laws passed by Congress were unconstitutional?

• The court argued that the laws went beyond the federal government’s legal power to regulate interstate commerce.

• The court argued that the laws was just plain unfair.

• The court argued that the children should speak up for themselves.

• The court argued that the parents should make the decision if their children can work or not.

What was the goal of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?

• Organize all workers into one large union that would overthrow capitalism.

• Organize all workers into multiple unions that would over throw capitalism.

• Organize all workers into one large union that would join capitalism.

• Not to organize the workers at all.

Unlike the American Federation of Labor (AFL), the International Workers of the World (IWW) used radical strategies such as​ (a)   .

• Industrial sabotages
• Strikes
• Boycotts
• Court cases

How many people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?

• 100
• 200
• 164

• 146

Worker’s compensation is designed to benefit who?

• Employers

• Employees

• The companies

• The children

In 1912, the state of​ (a)   Passed the first minimum wage law and a commission was created to establish rates for​ (b)   Workers.

• Massachusetts
• Child
• Alabama
• New York
• Texas
• New
• Older
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory 

Workers’ compensation laws​​ (a)   A portion of​ (b)   Wages to workers​ (c)   On the job.

• Guarantee
• Lost
• Injured
• Promised
• Negotiate
• Newly hired

In Lochner v. New York, the Supreme Court​​ (a)   The New York law that had​ (b)   The maximum daily working hours for bakery workers.

• Overturned
• Limited
• Implemented
• Considered
• Increased
• Decreased 

Not everyone supported the new workplace regulations. Some​ (a)   Set up​ (b)   In tenement buildings to​ (c)   The labor laws that affected factories.

• Business owners
• Sweatshops
• Avoid
• Employees 
• politics 
• Fires
• Promote
• Encourage 
• Better jobs