Notes 22: Labor Unions

Who below would NOT be a robber baron?

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What is the main idea of this cartoon from the 1800s?

• Labor is gaining power over big business

• Most Americans support the labor movement.

• Business has advantages over labor

• Government should support the expansion of railroads

Which statements are true of the union pictured above? (pick 2)

• its founder was Terrance Powderly

• its founder was Samuel Gompers

• it was a union for all

• its success was through union dues and collective bargaining

• the Haymarket Riot ruined this union

Which statements are true of the union pictured above? (pick 3)

• its founder was Terrance Powderly

• its founder was Samuel Gompers

• it was a union for all

• its success was through union dues and collective bargaining

• the Haymarket Riot ruined this union

What was the main benefit that labor unions of the late 19th century gained for their members?

• compensated maternity leave

• improved wages and hours

• health insurance

• paid vacations

The people pictured above were...

• Progressive Presidents

• Religious Leaders

• Great Awakening Preachers

• Labor Union Leaders

The main purpose of this 1886 poster was to

• oppose immigrants who took jobs from American workers

• show support for police actions against foreign revolutionaries

• support nativist calls for limitations on labor unions

• organize a protest against acts of police brutality against workers

Which generalization about labor unions in the United States is most clearly supported by information on the map?

• The federal government supported labor union activities.

• Strikes by labor unions were often suppressed by government actions.

• Labor union membership was limited to mine workers.

• State governments offered to arbitrate labor disputes.

During the late 1800s, the ideas expressed in these lyrics were the goals of

• organizers of labor unions

• sharecroppers following the Civil War

• Grangers demanding railroad regulation

• owners of big businesses

The tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 drew national attention to the need to

• restrict immigration from southern Europe

• establish full-time fire departments

• protect the safety of workers

• improve conditions for tenement dwellers