Before Minimum Wage (Life as U.S. Industrial Worker)

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the employers and the workers in the text?

• Their relationship became more equal and fair with the introduction of better technology.

• Employers often took advantage of workers' labor, pay, and living conditions to benefit their business.

• Some, not all of the employers provided their employees (workers) with housing at an affordable rate (cost).

• Workers often formed unions to force their employers to make changes which accidentally sent factory progress into decline.

In what ways were workers exploited by employers?

• They were paid a low wage.

• They long hours every day.

• Their working environment was unsanitary and hazardous.

• ALL

TRUE or FALSE

The workers were forced to rent their housing from the factory owners.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE?

Men, women and children were paid equally.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which worker was paid the lowest wage?

• women

• children

• men

What is a union?

• a group of employers

• a group of children

• a group of employees (workers)

What is the main (biggest) reason many workers protested?

• They wanted to leave the city to look for opportunities somewhere else.

• They had no other option to earn a higher wage and to hope better opportunities.

• They wanted to retire early.

• They did not like the factory owners because they were disrespectful.

What is the minimum age requirement for employment?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 16

The federal minimum wage in the United States is

• $7.00

• $7.15

• $7.25

• $7.50

TRUE or FALSE?

Employers lived with their employees in communal housing.

• TRUE

• FALSE