Ch. 14 – Labor’s Response to Industrialism /EQ: Was the Rise of Industry good for the American Workers?
Reading Challenge
1.
What event in 1911 brought more public attention to the plight of workers?
2.
Which of the following was a health threat faced by industrial workers?
3.
Small factories with poor working conditions are often referred to as
4.
Why were many children forced to work throughout the 1800s?
5.
Crowded, run-down apartment buildings in low-income areas are called
6.
What was the workers' main strategy for improving their working conditions?
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What is the primary source of a labor union's negotiating power?
8.
Which of the following best describes a yellow-dog contract?
9.
What allowed business owners to make employees sign yellow-dog contracts?
10. What was the largest national labor organization of the late-1800s?
11. Which of the following best describes "bread and butter" unionism?
12. Which national labor organization sought to overthrow capitalism?
13. The Industrial Workers of the World advocated what economic philosophy?
14. Socialists followed the economic theories of what famous political philosopher?
15. Which of the following best describes collective bargaining?
16. What industry experienced a major strike that boosted national union membership?
17. People who reject all forms of government are called
18. What was a result of violence at the Haymarket Affair?
19. What happened in both the Homestead and Pullman Strikes?
20. Between 1890 and 1915, Union workers experienced a _____ in weekly earnings and a _____ in hours worked.
21. To improve their working conditions and wages, workers formed