WorksheetsNotes 22: Labor Unions
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who below would NOT be a robber baron?
What is the main idea of this cartoon from the 1800s?
Labor is gaining power over big business
Most Americans support the labor movement.
Business has advantages over labor
Government should support the expansion of railroads
Which statements are true of the union pictured above? (pick 2)
its founder was Terrance Powderly
its founder was Samuel Gompers
it was a union for all
its success was through union dues and collective bargaining
the Haymarket Riot ruined this union
Which statements are true of the union pictured above? (pick 3)
its founder was Terrance Powderly
its founder was Samuel Gompers
it was a union for all
its success was through union dues and collective bargaining
the Haymarket Riot ruined this union
What was the main benefit that labor unions of the late 19th century gained for their members?
compensated maternity leave
improved wages and hours
health insurance
paid vacations
The people pictured above were...
Progressive Presidents
Religious Leaders
Great Awakening Preachers
Labor Union Leaders
The main purpose of this 1886 poster was to
oppose immigrants who took jobs from American workers
show support for police actions against foreign revolutionaries
support nativist calls for limitations on labor unions
organize a protest against acts of police brutality against workers
Which generalization about labor unions in the United States is most clearly supported by information on the map?
The federal government supported labor union activities.
Strikes by labor unions were often suppressed by government actions.
Labor union membership was limited to mine workers.
State governments offered to arbitrate labor disputes.
During the late 1800s, the ideas expressed in these lyrics were the goals of
organizers of labor unions
sharecroppers following the Civil War
Grangers demanding railroad regulation
owners of big businesses
The tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 drew national attention to the need to
restrict immigration from southern Europe
establish full-time fire departments
protect the safety of workers
improve conditions for tenement dwellers
