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Labor Day Quiz (from Flocab)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many factory workers had to work

a)

long hours for high pay

b)

short hours for little pay

c)

long hours for little pay

d)

short hours for high pay

2.

Dangerous machinery in factories caused workers to

a)

get hurt

b)

work shorter hours

c)

get tired quickly

d)

forget how to use the machines

3.

Why did people begin to form unions?

a)

to meet other people who worked at the same jobs

b)

to organize parades to celebrate workers

c)

to talk about how they were treated unfairly at work

d)

to learn how to work factory machinery

4.

Which group of Americans are celebrated on Labor Day?

a)

workers

b)

mothers

c)

students

d)

politicians

5.

Workers joined a movement to demand ______________ from their employers.

a)

free lunch

b)

vacation time

c)

a workers' holiday

d)

better pay and treatment

6.

The Central Labor Union aimed to help

a)

people find jobs.

b)

improve working conditions

c)

employers hire good workers.

d)

organize a national holiday for workers.

7.

Very few people joined the workers' parade at first because they

a)

didn't like parades

b)

didn't believe in workers' rights.

c)

were scared about missing work.

d)

weren't members of the group that organized the parade.

8.

What happened in Pullman, Illinois, when workers started a riot?

a)

Their employers gave in to their demands.

b)

The army was sent in to break the strike.

c)

The workers got tired and went home.

d)

The workers destroyed the city.

9.

Which president signed a bill to make Labor Day an official federal holiday?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

Barack Obama

10.

Labor Day is celebrated annually on the

a)

first Monday in May.

b)

last Monday in August.

c)

last Monday in September.

d)

first Monday in September.