Worksheets(ch3/ L2) Labor Movement and Reforms
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Many workers responded to low pay and dangerous working conditions by:
a)
counting their money carefully
b)
forming labor unions
c)
moving to settlement houses
d)
getting an education
2.
Which group would have called for the action mentioned in the headline?
a)
Boss Tweed and his political machine
b)
Captains of Industry
c)
Suffragettes
d)
American Federation of Labor
3.
Eight hours for work
Eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
- AFL song
When workers sang the song above, what were they asking for?
Eight hours for rest
Eight hours for what we will
- AFL song
When workers sang the song above, what were they asking for?
a)
safer factories
b)
higher wages
c)
shorter work days
d)
fewer work holidays
4.
What was the time period called when people tried to work toward improved safety conditions, reduced work hours, and restrictions on child labor?
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Progressive Movement
c)
Civil Rights Movement
d)
The Suffrage Movement
5.
What happened after the Homestead Strike?
a)
union membership decreased
b)
union membership increased
c)
many new unions were formed
d)
union membership numbers did not change
6.
The Homestead Strike was associated with which industry?
a)
oil
b)
steel
c)
railroad
d)
automobile
7.
The Pullman Strike was associated with which industry?
a)
oil
b)
steel
c)
railroad
d)
automobile
8.
Which strike is this headline, about the president calling in the army for help, probably about?
a)
Headway Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
Pullman Strike
d)
Choo-Choo Strike of 1901
9.
Which Progressive Era reform solved the problem of factory workers who worked 12 hour days, six days per week?
a)
restrictions on child labor
b)
40 hour work week
c)
increased acceptance of labor unions
d)
improved safety conditions
10.
What was the goal of labor unions like the American Federation of Labor?
a)
help monopolies survive
b)
employee ownership in most companies
c)
improved working conditions and better pay
d)
decreasing the influence of political machines
11.
What was Samuel Gompers's main contribution to this time period?
a)
founding the American Federation of Labor
b)
organizing the Pullman Strike
c)
Helping Lucy Paul accomplish universal women's suffrage
d)
breaking up monopolies
12.
Which Progressive Era reform would have prevented the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
a)
minimum wage
b)
child labor laws
c)
40 hour work week
d)
workplace safety laws
13.
Which strike was successful for the workers?
a)
Pullman Strike
b)
Homestead Strike
c)
neither of these was successful for the workers
d)
both of these were successful for the workers.
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