Quiz on Historical Labor Movements

In the Pullman Strike, choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• managers cut wages and locked out the workers to destroy their union.

• the Knights of Labor led railroad workers in a demand for the eight-hour day and finally got it from the railroads.

• the state of Illinois supported the American Railway Union by forcing the railroad companies to negotiate with the union.

• the federal government used an injunction, troops against workers, and jailed the union leaders demonstrating their pro-business position.

Which of the following statements best captures public sentiment about the Great Railroad Strikes of 1877?

• The strike only affected people along the Pacific Coast and thus only met with regional opposition.

• Public opinion shifted from sympathy to condemnation as people blamed the strikers for looting and violence.

• Rendered apathetic by their belief in laissez faire, the American public expressed no opinion on the strike.

• The American public sided with the African American sleeping car porters.

"Yellow dog" contracts were contracts

• that guaranteed that only union members would be hired.

• limiting hours and increasing workers' wages.

• negotiated by unions and employers that limited the amount of immigrants hired by the company.

• in which workers promised not to strike or join a union.

What organizations fought to improve worker rights?

• Labor unions

• Factories

• Robber barons

• settlement houses

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

• Day off
• Strike
• Swing
• National Holiday

The Homestead Strike was a protest 

• in Colorado demanding safer working conditions. 
• Chicago demanding an eight-hour workday.
• against the Pullman Palace Car Company’s unsafe working conditions
• against the Carnegie Steel Company’s plan to cut jobs.

The leader of the union known as  the American Federation of Labor

• Samuel Gompers
• Terrence Powderly
• John P. Morgan
• Henry Bessemer

First big union fell apart after some unsuccessful strikes

• Knights of Labor
  
• Bishops of Labor
• Pawns of Labor
• Rooks of Labor

What was the primary goal of the American Federation of Labor?

• To promote industrial unionism

• To improve wages and working conditions

• To support political candidates

• To establish a national bank

Which event is considered a turning point in labor history due to its violent outcome?

• The Homestead Strike

• The Pullman Strike

• The Haymarket Affair

• The Great Railroad Strike of 1877