Labor Strikes

Labor unions, like the Knights of Labor, worked to - 

• Promote child labor
• Increase working hours
• Decrease wages
• Improve working conditions

The term monopoly refers to when a company -

• Has exclusive control over a product or service in a particular market

• Is the only company that sells a specific product

• Is the only company that produces a specific product

Sometimes used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep worker wages low

• Laissez-Faire

• Robber Barons

• Gospel of Wealth

• Union

In which 1892 strike were 9 Carnegie Steel workers killed after Henry Frick called in the Pinkerton Detective Agency?

• The Railroad Strike

• The Homestead Riot

• The Pullman Strike

• The Triangle Strike

Why did Pullman's workers go on strike?

• The President sent troops

• People didn't like Pullman Town

• Pullman was too wealthy

• Pullman cut wages but not rent

What were laissez-faire policies?

• The belief that the government should interfere with business policies.

• The belief that the government should not interfere with business policies.

• The belief that the government should interact with foreign business policies.

• None of the above

Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because

• unions were unconstitutional

• strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

• government supported business instead of workers

• strikers failed to use militant tactics

Why did labor unions first form?

• To protect the rights of business owners

• To protect the rights of workers

• To protect the rights of customers

• All of the above

This is a VIOLENT strike between workers and owners at Carnegie's mill. (20% wage cut).

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Haymarket Square

They worked hard, did not attend school, and there were no laws to protect them.

• Lockout

• Arbitration

• Child Labor

• Collective Bargaining