WorksheetsLabor Day 6th Grade
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why do we celebrate Labor Day?
to honor workers and recognize their contributions to society
Celebrate the birth of a child
to honor m&m's
to honor veterans
When is Labor Day celebrated in the United States and Canada?
First Monday in May
First Monday in September
December 25
January 1
What month do other countries besides the United States and Canada celebrate Labor Day?
October
February
May
August
Who is given credit in the United States for the idea of Labor Day?
Edgar Allen
Abraham Lincoln
Donald Duck
Peter J. McGuire
In what year did Peter J. McGuire suggest to the Central Labor Union of New York that there be a celebration honoring American workers?
1882
2017
2025
1992
McGuire stated that the day of the parade had no significance to the date, and McGuire said that it was chosen because...
between Christmas and Easter
it falls roughly halfway between the 4th of July holiday and Thanksgiving
Halfway between Halloween and Christmas
What state in the United became the first state in 1887 to grant legal status to the holiday
Texas
California
Oregon
Florida
The following states established the same holiday in 1887, but celebrated it in the first Monday in September
Colorado
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
In 1894 after the Pullman Strike in Illinois, as well as a series of unemployed workers's riots in May Day in Cleveland prompted what U.S. President to propose a bill that would make Labor Day a national public holiday?
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagon
Grover Cleveland
John F. Kennedy
Over the years, in the United Sates, the significance of Labor Day in the United States changed, what did it become a time for:
Family get together's
Parades
Speeches
