Pullman Strike

Business owners generally paid low wages in factories because

• Government regulation lowered production costs.

• They wanted to maximize worker productivity.

• Keeping wages low meant lower production costs.

• Labor unions were focused on worker safety rather than pay.

The American Federation of Labor responded to the situation shown in the cartoon by:

• Organizing skilled workers into unions.

• Encouraging open immigration.

• Forming worker-owned businesses.

• Creating a single union of workers and farmers.

Labor unions generally formed as a result of

• business owners' desire for workers to organize.

• federal legislation mandating workers' rights.

• workers' efforts to improve working conditions and increase wages.

• workers' pressure on the government to enact safety regulations.

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Railroad Strike

• Labor Union

Match the following

• Refuse to buy a business' products

• Boycott

• Negotiations between bosses & workers

• Collective Bargaining

• Stop working & protest a business

• Strike

Identify the tactics used by big business to prevent union activity [select multiple answers]

• Open shops (didn't have to be part of a union)

• Race-baiting

• Lockouts

• Hiring scabs

Which technique of labor unions was the most effective for unskilled labor?

• Strikes

• Walk outs

• Arbitration

• Mediation

What was the Pullman Strike?

• A nationwide railroad strike in the United States in 1894

• A labor strike in the automobile industry in 1920

• A protest against the Pullman Company for environmental issues

• A strike by teachers in Chicago in 1900

Who was the leader of the American Railway Union during the Pullman Strike?

• Samuel Gompers

• Eugene V. Debs

• John L. Lewis

• Cesar Chavez

What was the main reason for the Pullman Strike?

• Reduction in wages without a decrease in rent

• Demand for a shorter workweek

• Protest against child labor

• Demand for better safety conditions