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The North Quiz 5

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose all that apply. Labor leaders criticized owners/managers for

a)

Reducing competition

b)

Paying low wages

c)

Having a bad benefits package

d)

Unsafe working conditions

2.

Choose all that apply. Business leaders feared unionization. Choose all of the following that they did to try to prevent unionization.

a)

Forbid meetings and fired organizers

b)

Made potential employees sign yellow-dog contracts

c)

Refused attempts at collective bargaining and wouldn't recognize union representatives

d)

Created a list of people they all wanted to hire because they would not join a union.

e)

Created a list (the black-list) of people who were known union members to ban them from working.

3.

In the Great Strike of 1877, what industry went on strike? This was the first strike where federal troops were sent in to break up the strike.

a)

oil

b)

railroads

c)

steel

d)

electricity

4.

Eugene V. Debs encouraged unionization of what industry?

a)

steel

b)

oil

c)

electricity

d)

railroads

5.

What was the first national labor union that was all inclusive (anyone who was an industrial worker could join)?

a)

Industrial Workers of the World

b)

American Federation of Labor

c)

Knights of Labor

d)

American Railway Union

6.

Was the Knights of Labor union movement successful at gaining rights for workers?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

A craft union is a union for ___ workers.

a)

skilled

b)

unskilled

c)

women

d)

children

8.

The American Federation of Labor was a union for ___ workers.

a)

skilled

b)

unskilled

c)

women

d)

children

9.

What was the main method of protest used by unions in the early days of the labor movement?

a)

quitting their jobs

b)

strikes

c)

sick-outs

d)

they never protested

10.

Most of the strikes during the early labor movement became ___, ruining any chance of success for the unions.

a)

overcrowded

b)

too small to be affective

c)

violent

d)

too loud

11.

During the Haymarket Square Strike, the main issue was

a)

the length of the workday

b)

low pay

c)

dangerous working conditions

d)

child labor

12.

What is the term for a person who oppose all government?

a)

democrat

b)

republican

c)

scab

d)

anarchist

13.

What industry was involved in the Homestead Strike?

a)

oil

b)

steel

c)

railroads

d)

electricity

14.

Who does the public blame most for the rising tension in the labor issue?

a)

the workers

b)

the business owners

c)

anarchists

d)

no one

15.

The Pullman Palace Car Company strike was a labor movement in what industry?

a)

oil

b)

steel

c)

railroads

d)

electricity

16.

What law is used to justify court orders that forbade union activity that would halt railway traffic?

a)

The Homestead Act

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

The Interstate Commerce Act

d)

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

17.

As a result of the failure of early labor strikes, Eugene V. Debs became a socialist and founded what union?

a)

The American Federation of Labor

b)

The International Workers of the World

c)

The Knights of Labor

d)

The Railway Workers Union