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WorksheetsQuizizz - Organized Labor Movement
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are sweatshops?
Factories where employees work long hours under poor conditions for little pay
Factories where employees work short hours under good conditions for high pay
Factories where employees work irregular hours under average conditions for average pay
Factories where employees work flexible hours under excellent conditions for high pay
What are company towns?
Communities where residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and buying goods
Communities where residents have multiple job options and housing choices
Communities where residents rely upon multiple companies for jobs
Communities where residents have no job opportunities and lack housing and goods
What is collective bargaining?
Process in which employees negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions
A declaration of war against another nation
A peace agreement between two or more nations
Process in which employees refuse to negotiate with customers
What is socialism?
Economic theory under which businesses are publicly controlled and regulated
Economic theory under which businesses are privately controlled and not regulated
Economic theory under which businesses are destroyed by the workers
Economic theory under which businesses are created by the workers
What was the focus of the Knights of Labor?
Organizing all workers and focusing on broad social reforms
Organizing skilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands
Organizing unskilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands
Organizing all workers and focusing on specific demands
What was the focus of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Organizing skilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands rather than seeking broad changes
Organizing all workers and focusing on broad social reforms
Organizing unskilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands rather than seeking broad changes
Organizing all workers and focusing on specific demands rather than seeking broad changes
What happened during the Haymarket Riot?
A labor-related protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence
A peaceful labor-related protest in Cincinnati which resulted in positive changes
A labor-related protest in New York which ended peacefully
A labor-related protest in London which had no impact
What was the Homestead Strike?
A strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1892
A strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania in 2004
A strike against Rockefeller's ironworks in Nashville, Tennessee in 1894
A strike against Rockefeller's oil works in San Francisco, California in 1878
Who was Eugene V. Debs?
An American socialist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World
An American capitalist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World
An American socialist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the American Federation of Labor
An American capitalist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the American Federation of Labor
What was the Pullman Strike?
A violent 1894 railway workers' strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nationwide
A peaceful 1894 railway workers' strike which began outside of Cincinnati and resulted in positive changes
A railway workers' strike in 1886 which began outside of Savannah and ended peacefully
A railway workers' strike in 1892 which began outside of Tokyo and had no impact
