WorksheetsThe North Quiz 5
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Choose all that apply. Labor leaders criticized owners/managers for
Reducing competition
Paying low wages
Having a bad benefits package
Unsafe working conditions
Choose all that apply. Business leaders feared unionization. Choose all of the following that they did to try to prevent unionization.
Forbid meetings and fired organizers
Made potential employees sign yellow-dog contracts
Refused attempts at collective bargaining and wouldn't recognize union representatives
Created a list of people they all wanted to hire because they would not join a union.
Created a list (the black-list) of people who were known union members to ban them from working.
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.
oil
railroads
steel
electricity
Eugene V. Debs encouraged unionization of what industry?
steel
oil
electricity
railroads
What was the first national labor union that was all inclusive (anyone who was an industrial worker could join)?
Industrial Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
American Railway Union
Was the Knights of Labor union movement successful at gaining rights for workers?
Yes
No
A craft union is a union for ___ workers.
skilled
unskilled
women
children
The American Federation of Labor was a union for ___ workers.
skilled
unskilled
women
children
What was the main method of protest used by unions in the early days of the labor movement?
quitting their jobs
strikes
sick-outs
they never protested
Most of the strikes during the early labor movement became ___, ruining any chance of success for the unions.
overcrowded
too small to be affective
violent
too loud
During the Haymarket Square Strike, the main issue was
the length of the workday
low pay
dangerous working conditions
child labor
What is the term for a person who oppose all government?
democrat
republican
scab
anarchist
What industry was involved in the Homestead Strike?
oil
steel
railroads
electricity
Who does the public blame most for the rising tension in the labor issue?
the workers
the business owners
anarchists
no one
The Pullman Palace Car Company strike was a labor movement in what industry?
oil
steel
railroads
electricity
What law is used to justify court orders that forbade union activity that would halt railway traffic?
The Homestead Act
The Dawes Act
The Interstate Commerce Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
As a result of the failure of early labor strikes, Eugene V. Debs became a socialist and founded what union?
The American Federation of Labor
The International Workers of the World
The Knights of Labor
The Railway Workers Union
