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CH. 5 ~ The Labor Movement {SS.912.A.3.9 & 3.10}

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A railroad strike that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest in 1894.

a)

Haymarket Riot

b)

Homestead Strike

c)

Pullman Strike

d)

Great Anthracite Coal Strike

2.

A system of social organization in which private property and the distribution of income are subject to social control.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Anarchism

d)

Socialism

3.

A temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute.

a)

Lockout

b)

Boycott

c)

Strike

d)

Ideology

4.

It was the largest American labor organization of the 1880s. Women and minorities were welcomed as members.

a)

American Federation of Labor

b)

Industrial Workers of the World

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

National Labor Union

5.

A term or claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.

a)

Social Gospel

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Social Contract

d)

Social Security

6.

An organization that advocates for workers' rights and benefits through collective bargaining.

a)

Labor Ready

b)

Labor Strike

c)

Labor Day

d)

Labor Union

7.

The American labor union leader that founded the American Federation of Labor.

a)

Samuel Gompers

b)

Samuel L. Jackson

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Samuel W. Wolfson

8.

In 1886, a demonstration in Chicago to protest the slayings of two workers during a strike turned into a violent riot.

a)

Los Angeles Riot

b)

Haymarket Riot

c)

Watts Riot

d)

Detroit Riot

9.

A violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred on July 6, 1892.

a)

Great Southwest Railroad Strike

b)

Great Anthracite Coal Strike

c)

Pullman Strike

d)

Homestead Strike

10.

It is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

a)

Strike Breakers

b)

Strike

c)

Strike Out

d)

Strike Fund

11.

An economic system based upon private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Anarchism

12.

Ideology developed by Karl Marx, calling for a violent revolution by workers to overthrow the government.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Anarchism

13.

Opposition of all forms of government in favor of self-governing communities.

a)

Anarchism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Capitalism

14.

Founded by Samuel Gompers, this labor union restricted the membership to skilled workers and did not admit women.

a)

American Football League

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

American Express

d)

American Eagle

15.
Involved privately hired Pinkerton detectives who became involved in an altercation with strikers
a)
The Great Strike of 1877
b)
The Haymarket Affair
c)
The Homestead Strike
d)
The Pullman Strike
16.
Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th Century?
a)
Government leaders received money from business and also believed in laissez-faire.
b)
Government leaders were followers of new ideologies from Europe such as socialism.
c)
Government leaders did not believe that conditions for industrial workers were all that bad.
d)
Government leaders feared violence from business owners if they took the side of workers.
17.
What was the main cause of the Homestead Strike?
a)
Andrew Carnegie had wanted to employ Civil War veterans in his steelworks.
b)
Anarchists intended to blow up Andrew Carnegie's steelworks near Pittsburgh.
c)
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick wanted to break up the power of the steelworkers' union.
d)
Steelworkers left their jobs to enlist as soldiers when a future war with Spain became likely.
18.
Who was the oil tycoon?
a)
Carnegie
b)
Morgan
c)
Rockefeller
19.
 Images such as this illustrate the position that many US companies were — 
a)
requiring vocational training programs for children
b)
employing children as a source of cheap labor
c)
seeking government regulation of child labor
d)
providing safe working conditions for child laborers
20.
How did industrialization in the US change the lives of women & children? 
a)
Women & children gained higher social status. 
b)
Women & children became better educated. 
c)
Women & children became wage earners for their families. 
21.
_______________ are formed with the idea that there’s strength in numbers.
a)
strikes
b)
organizations
c)
union leaders
d)
unions 
22.
Workers in Chicago after the Civil War were most concerned about what 2 issues?
a)
Working conditions and the length of the workday
b)
Pay and health benefits
c)
The length of the workday and holiday pay
d)
Working conditions and retirement benefits 
23.
Long hours, low wages, dangerous conditions, child labor and terrible living conditions 
a)
Strike conditions
b)
Worker conditions
c)
Strike Breaker
d)
Scabs conditions
24.

To go on strike means to

a)

refuse to work

b)

quit your job

c)

collectively bargain

d)

hold up protest signs

25.

Why did children have a higher risk of accidents in factories than adults?

a)

They played too much.

b)

They were too small.

c)

Because their bones could be easily broken and they were too young to handle the work load.

d)

They were not used to factories.

26.
Which statement best describes child labor during the early years of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Child labor did not exist before the Industrial Revolution.
b)
Laws kept children from working in dangerous mines and factories.
c)
Most child laborers spent part of each day in school.
d)
Mines and text factories employed large numbers of children.
27.

Why would factory owners want to hire kids to work?

a)

Can easily get to places that adults cant when fixing a machine?

b)

Kids work harder

c)

Kids will have more energy

28.

What kind of conditions were the kids working in with these factories?

a)

Pleasant

b)

Chilly

c)

Harsh and dirty

d)

Clean and sanitary

29.
Which statement is true?
a)
Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution
b)
Work conditions were closely regulated
c)
There were no labor laws that prevented children from working
d)
Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly. 
30.

Workers who organized a union or strike were fired and put on a blacklist of troublemakers. Once blacklisted, a worker could get a job only by changing trade, residence, or _______.

a)

changing his name

b)

changing his hair color

c)

changing his friends

d)

changing his age

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