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Labor Unions Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all. PG. 84

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

2.

The negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees pg. 91

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

3.

Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at the Palace Car Company walked out in protest. The strike ended when President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago on July 6, 1894. pg. 89

a)

The Pullman Strike

b)

Great Anthracite Coal Strike

c)

Great Southwest Railroad Strike

d)

Steel Strike of 1919

4.

What was the first nationwide industrial union? pg. 84-85

a)

the Knights of Labor

b)

the AFL

c)

the Pinkertons

d)

the Anarchists

5.

Which incident was a result of a Chicago labor disturbance on May 4, 1886, in which people were killed by a bomb thrown during a demonstration? pg. 88

a)

the Great Railroad Strike

b)

the Haymarket Square Riot

c)

the Homestead Strike

d)

the Pullman Strike

6.

What was the main cause of the Pullman Strike? pg. 89

a)

Cut wages

b)

Pullman wouldn't tell the workers the Wifi password

c)

Raised rent prices

d)

Pullman wouldn't pay for electricity in worker's homes

7.

Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because? Pg. 89

a)

unions were unconstitutional

b)

strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

c)

The Public didn't support Labor Unions because they were violent

d)

strikers failed to use militant tactics

8.

The Homestead Strike was a protest- pg. 88

a)

in Colorado demanding safer working conditions.

b)

Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.

c)

against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditions

d)

against the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.

9.
How did the public often perceive unions as the result of events like the Haymarket riot and the Homestead strike?
a)
The unions were viewed as champions of the common man
b)
The unions were viewed as persecuted victims 
c)
The unions were viewed as promoting violence and anarchy 
d)
The unions were viewed as being treated unfairly by the government 
10.

List at least 3 Tactics of Labor Unions(Their advantages and things they did to get rights and privileges for workers) pg.91

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