Age of Reform Answers

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What would be labor’s first step in solving labor problems and effecting change?

striking

collective bargaining

protest marching

joining a union

What was going on in Europe that most likely influenced the reform movements of the 1800s?

Governments were slow to act.

Populations were increasing rapidly.

Revolutions were spreading across Europe.

Populations were decreasing as a result of emigration.

When did Britain abolish slavery?

in 1865, after the United States did

in 1804, before the United States did

in 1833, before the United States did

in 1848, after the United States did

strikingcollective bargainingjoining a unionprotesting

striking

collective bargaining

joining a union

protesting

Women did not get the right to vote in Britain or in the United States until

the 1890s.

the 1920s.

the 1930s.

the 1960s.

What were the two main reasons workers formed unions?

as a form of social protest and to protect themselves from poor work conditions

for a social group and to protect themselves from poor work conditions

for a social group and to strike if they didn’t get what they wanted

as a form of social protest and to strike if they didn’t get what they wanted

What did factory owners do to prevent unions from forming?

They paid off union leaders so they would stay away.

They had union leaders arrested for no cause.

They only hired workers who promised they would not join a union.

They used force to end union activities.

During industrialization, what were the attitudes toward the use of enslaved labor?

Calls for the abolition of slavery increased.

Even more enslaved persons were put to work in factories.

Factory owners refused to use enslaved persons as their workers.

Runaway enslaved persons were not prosecuted.

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