Labor Unions - Industrial Revolution

Why did labor unions first form?

• To protect the rights of business owners

• To protect the rights of workers

• To protect the rights of customers

• All of the above

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What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?

• Safe

• Comfortable

• Easy

• Dangerous

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What did workers want when they went on strike?

• Higher wages

• Better working conditions

• Fewer hours

• All of the above

• None of the above

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What typically happened to individual employees who complained about working conditions?

• They were given raises

• They were fired

• They were listened to

• They quit their job

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What is it called when a group of workers decide to not go to work?

• Strike

• Day off

• Holiday

• Swing

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True or False: Strikes during the Industrial Revolution were always peaceful.

• True

• False

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Which national union did Samuel Gompers found?

• NFL

• CIO

• AFL

• IBM

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What major strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia after the B&O Railroad company cut wages?

• Pullman Strike

• Factory Workers Strike

• Virginia Strike

• Great Railroad Strike

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What did the Lowell Mill Girls call a 'strike' in 1836?

• Turn out

• Switch off

• Leaving

• Stay home

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True or False: Labor unions are illegal in the United States today.

• True

• False

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