Progressive Era

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

• Boycott

• Strike

• Strikebreakers

• Walk out

Why were strikes unsuccessful?

• A boss does not need employees to run a business.

• Employees did not want to strike.

• Strikebreakers would fill the jobs of those on strike.

• What's a strike?

Who were typically strikebreakers?

• Immigrants

• White Males

• Women

• Children

Why would people go on strike?

• To demand better working conditions

• To demand for more money

• To demand to work less hours

• All of these are correct

Who made the least amount of money working in factories?

• African American Men

• Women

• Children

• Immigrant men

How much were children paid a week?

• $2.00

• $7.00

• $10.00

• $200,000,000

Who founded the American Federation of Labor? (AFL)

• George Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Andrew Carnegie

• Samuel Gompers

What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor? (AFL).

• Higher Wages

• Shorter Hours

• All of these choices

• Safer Working Conditions

• None of these choices

What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?

• GAP Factory fire

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• The great fire of NYC

What is a boycott?

• When employees refuse to work.

• When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

• When employers refuse to open their business

• When everyone just goes to work on a normal day.