Strikes and Unrest

Question 1 • CA-United States History and Geography A

In the late 1800s, why might a potential new factory employee refuse to sign a yellow-dog contract?

Answer

because yellow-dog contracts required an employee and his family to live in a company town

because yellow-dog contracts required employees to report back to employers with any information regarding labor union organization

because signing a yellow-dog contact labeled an employee as a scab and made him or her a potential target of union violence

because promising not to join a union would strip the employee of his ability to protest workplace injustices with the support of an organized workers’ group

Explanation

A yellow-dog contract required a worker to promise not to join or support a labor union. Without union membership, the employee would have less collective power to protest unfair wages or working conditions. Therefore, the best answer is D: promising not to join a union would strip the employee of the support of an organized workers’ group.

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