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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the early members of the Knights of Labor, founded in 1869, hold secret meetings?They were afraid of being arrested for criminal activity.They did not want other laborers joining their elite group.They would be fired by anti-union businesses if exposed as membersThey did not want their confidential demonstration plans revealed.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceNegotiating through collective bargaining and going on strike if necessary, are methods of what group?MonopoliesTrustsEconomiesLabor Unions
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho founded the American Federation of Labor?Samuel GompersCornelius VanderbiltEugene DebsUpton Sinclair
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Pullman Strike is an example of what?Collective BargainingExclusion of ImmigrantsIndustrial UnrestHorizontal Integration
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis event helped trigger the creation of what holiday?ChristmasValentine's DayLabor dayMartin Luther King Jr. Day
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho was George Pullman?A man who pulled thingsOwner of Pullman Palace Car Co.Leader of the Pullman strikeObama's Second Cousin
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main cause of the Pullman Strike?Cut wagesPullman wouldn't tell the workers the Wifi passwordRaised rent pricesPullman wouldn't pay for electricity in worker's homes
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho was Eugene V. Debs?Pullmans best friendLeader of the American Railroad UnionThe PresidentShia Labeouf's life coach
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following resulted from the investigation of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?the adoption of equal wages for men and womenthe imprisonment of company officialschanges in local labor laws for women and childrenthe passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho organized the Industrial Workers of the World?female workers in the dressmaking traderadical unionists and socialistsAfrican-American workers, both skilled and unskilledrailroad workers, both skilled and unskilled
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn which of the following places did 146 female workers die in a fire?Carnegie Steels Homestead Plantthe Triangle Shirtwaist FactoryHaymarket Squarethe Pullman factory
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: The Haymarket Strike was dangerous for the strikers because many were killed or wounded.TrueFalse
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Most strikes by unions in the late 1800's were unsuccessful mainly becauseunions were unconstitutionalstrikes had never been used before to settle labor issuesgovernment supported business instead of workersstrikers failed to use militant tactics - 14. Multiple ChoiceThe RR s/trike of 1877, Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair all show that labor unionswere willing to use force to achieve their goalsunable to organize large groups of workerscommitted to laissez-faire capitalismwere supported by the government
- 15. Multiple ChoiceFormation of national labor unions in the late 1800's was mainly because ofpassage of laws that supported workerslaws restricting immigrationpoor working conditions and low wageseconomic depression that led to high unemployment
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe Homestead Strike was a protestin Colorado demanding safer working conditions.Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditionsagainst the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAndrew Carnegie dealt with striking union workers at his Pennsylvania steel factory in 1892 byfiring every worker and replacing them with machines.firing half the workers and cutting pay for the rest.locking workers out of the factory and hiring strike breakers.agreeing to give workers higher wages.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceCollective bargaining is thepractice used by employers to hire groups of laborers.practice used by employers to get the cheapest labor possible.idea that laborers working in groups are more productive in the workplace.idea that laborers acting together have greater success in negotiating with management.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe 1894 Pullman Strike, like many strikes at the end of the 1800s:involved little violence upon the part of the workers and the businesses.was a victory for labor both politically and socially.was supported by President Cleveland.collapsed as a result of the Federal Government's support of businesses
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