American History Labor Unions

a form of protest in which a group of employees stops working until their employer agrees to their demands.

• movement

• Labor Day

• strike

• union

an early trade union organized in 1867 in New York and New Jersey best known as the organization that created the American Labor Day holiday, also know as the CLU.

• Labor Day

• Grover Cleveland

• strike

• Central Labor Union

Labor Day is a Federal holiday?

• True

• False

Which factor MOST limited the growth of labor unions during the late 1800s?

• most businesses were very hostile (violent) toward workers’ efforts to organize labor unions

• most factory workers were satisfied with their wages and working conditions

• the Federal government declared that unions were illegal

• workers preferred to negotiate with factory owners as individuals rather than as members of a group

In the late 1800s which factor contributed to heavy industries in the United States?

• increase government regulation in industries

• employee ownership of heavy industries

• New production techniques that increased efficiency

• Court decisions that allowed unions in heavy industries

The leader of the union known as the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• Samuel Gompers

• Terrence Powderly

• John P. Morgan

• Henry Bessemer

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

In which 1894 strike were 30 strikers killed by U.S. troops after workers went on strike for higher wages?

• 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

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.