Chapter 5 Sec 4

What did several railroads announce in July 1877 that triggered the first nationwide labor protest

• employee layoffs
• blacklists
• wage cuts

Workers who tried to organize a union strike were often fired and placed on a list of "troublemakers" called the

• unionlist
• blacklist
• strikelist

What is the process whereby an impartial third party helps workers and management reach an agreement

• arbitration
• deflation
• union

A rise in the value of money is called what?

• deflation
• inflation
• arbitration

Check all forms of resistance against unions that companies did

• blacklists
• lockout
• not paying wages
• arbitration

What union included all workers in the same industry

• Knights of Labor
• Industrial Union
• IWW

How did employers and unions treat women differently from men? Write at least one complete sentence.

• Women were not paid the same as men

• Women were treated the same as men

Check all that are factors that led to an increase in unions on the late 1800's

• Poor working conditions
• Lack of benefits
• Unfair wages
• development of the railroad

Who claimed there would be a workers' revolution in which workers would seize all private property and create a socialist society?

• Anarchists
• Knights of Labor
• Marxists

According to the chart above, the government reacted to disgruntled railroad employees in 1877 by

• calling out troops to restore order
• issuing a court order
• resolving to raise wages