Effects of Technology on 1800s Society

Question 1

All of these statements about labor unions are true except:

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A: unions tried to represent all workers, no matter their race, gender, or ethnic background

Question 2

Which demands were common to most early labor unions?

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A: better pay; B: shorter hours; E: fairer rules

Question 3

Read the quotation to the right. What argument is Powderly making in this statement?

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A: Labor unions achieved more freedom than the American Revolution.

Question 4

What do you think Gompers meant when he said “workers must emancipate themselves”?

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A: Workers must fight for their own rights and freedoms.

Question 5

Which methods did early unions use to win their demands?

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B: collective bargaining; D: strikes

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