History Unit 1 2021

Supporters of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 believed that regulation of

• business protected consumers.

• trade helped large companies.

• taxes assisted consumers.

• services helped large companies.

“All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property. . . or for the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.”

According to this quotation, what is against the law?

• all charges for the transportation of people or handling of goods

• services rendered for delivering, storage, or handling of property

• unjust or unreasonable charges for transporting people or goods

• unfair prices for the goods that are sold to consumers

What railroad practice did reformers call on governments to legislate in the late 1800s, with minimal success?

• rate discrimination favoring shorter journeys

• rebates to large companies

• rebates to small companies

• rate discrimination favoring smaller companies

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Munn v. Illinois case?

• States can regulate railroads that operate interstate.

• States can regulate grain storage fees in their states.

• States cannot regulate large businesses at all.

• States cannot regulate railroads that operate interstate.

What was the main reason the United States government intervened in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?

• The government took action to end the strike in response to public demands in support of the railroad companies.

• The government sided with the labor unions and sent troops to protect railroad workers.

• The government ended the strike for the purpose of returning thousands of people to work during a time of mass unemployment.

• The government considered railroads to be critical to national security and ended the strike for chiefly economic reasons.

As a result of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, railroad companies lost millions of dollars because

• of property damage only.

• of property damage and decreased worker productivity.

• they had to pay employees for lost work hours.

• they had to pay a fee to the government for helping to end the strike.

What is one specific way that living in a company town prevented workers from forming organized labor unions?

• Workers paid the company for all of their needs, such as food and housing.

• Company agents were constantly monitoring residents.

• Everyone in the town worked for the same company.

• Companies made everyone who lived in company towns sign an anti-union contract.

Which statement provides the most logical explanation of why union workers who had been blacklisted following the Pullman Strike found it almost impossible to find another job?

• Blacklisted workers could be charged with criminal acts if they attempted to find other jobs.

• The majority of blacklisted workers had been injured during the strike and were unable to work.

• The majority of blacklisted workers had criminal records that disqualified them from most employers’ hiring criteria.

• Blacklisted workers were viewed as troublesome, untrustworthy, and even dangerous by other employers.

What is the definition of a strike?

• a union strategy involving work stoppage designed to put pressure on an employer

• a union strategy in which workers stop buying an employer’s goods until the employer gives in to workers’ demands

• negotiations by union leaders on behalf of a group of workers in an attempt to win better pay for workers

• the refusal of union leaders to allow certain groups of people to join unions

National unions differed from local unions in that national unions

• included workers from different industries.

• did not support the eight-hour work day.

• refused to use strikes as a way to achieve their goals.

• excluded craft union members and skilled workers.