WorksheetsCanada's Industrial Age: 1890-1905 Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the movement to address the problems faced by working-class families called?
Capitalism
Imperialism
Progressivism
Socialism
What was the purpose of the Trade Union Act passed in 1872?
To increase working hours for employees
To legalize unions in Canada
To make unions illegal in Canada
To decrease wages for workers
What was the goal of the Knights of Labor in the early 1880s?
To support only skilled workers
To ban all unions in Canada
To exclude women from unions
To bring together all workers in one big union
What was the intended consequence of the strike at the Dominion Cotton Mill in Magog?
Replacement of the workers with non-unionized workers
Physical disability for the workers
Lifelong illiteracy for the workers
Higher wages for the workers
What was the original motto of the Toronto Children's Aid Society?
It is less expensive to save children than to punish criminals
Children should be left to fend for themselves
Children should not be protected
Children should work in factories from a young age
What was the main focus of the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association?
Improving working conditions for women
Campaigning for women's right to vote
Promoting child protection laws
Organizing mock parliaments
What was the purpose of the Toronto Fresh Air Fund?
To raise money for women's rights
To send poor children to the country for a break from the city
To campaign for children's right to vote
To organize mock parliaments
What was the effect of the militia's presence on the strikers during the London streetcar strike?
It intimidated the strikers
It caused the strikers to become more aggressive
It had no impact on the strikers
It led to successful negotiations with the employer
What was the main goal of the Labour Union journal?
To advocate for child labor in factories
To support the use of strikebreakers
To promote the interests of business owners
To expose the inequalities of distribution
What was the purpose of the mock parliament organized by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1896?
To promote the use of strikebreakers
To campaign for child protection laws
To debate the rights of men in society
To imitate and ridicule the workings of the Canadian government
What was the main objective of the Factory Act of 1874?
To increase the working hours of factory workers
To improve the working conditions in factories
To decrease the wages of factory workers
To ban child labor in factories
What was the purpose of the Dominion Trade Union Congress in 1873?
To make unions illegal in Canada
To support the use of strikebreakers
To unite all Canadian trade unions
To increase working hours for employees
What was the main goal of the Women's Suffrage movement in the late 19th century?
To campaign for child protection laws
To advocate for women's right to vote
To promote the use of strikebreakers
To imitate and ridicule the workings of the Canadian government
What was the main objective of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the late 19th century?
To advocate for women's right to vote
To promote the use of strikebreakers
To campaign for child protection laws
To imitate and ridicule the workings of the Canadian government
What was the purpose of the Factory Act of 1885?
To improve the working conditions in factories
To increase the working hours of factory workers
To ban child labor in factories
To decrease the wages of factory workers
What was the main goal of the Women's Enfranchisement Association in the early 20th century?
To advocate for women's right to vote
To campaign for child protection laws
To promote the use of strikebreakers
To imitate and ridicule the workings of the Canadian government
