The Labor Movement — Quiz

Question 1

Unions sought to improve workers’ pay and working conditions by

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negotiating with employers.

Question 2

Which best states the reason why workers formed unions beginning in the late 1800s?

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They believed they should have better working conditions and compensation.

Question 3

Which best states the relationship between the government, company management, and striking workers during the late 1800s?

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The government nearly always sided with companies against striking workers.

Question 4

An example of using bribery to engage in union busting would be

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a manager paying an employee to spy on union members.

Question 5

Which best describes Samuel Gompers’s role in relation to the goals of organized labor?

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He was the first president of the largest labor organization in the world.

Question 6

Which statement best describes the overall goal of early labor unions?

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Early labor unions wanted pay similar to that of skilled workers.

Question 7

Which statement best explains why, during the 1800s, manufacturers resisted workers’ demands for higher wages and safer workplaces?

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Manufacturers knew their companies would become less profitable.

Question 8

Which of these was a tactic that companies used to hurt unions?

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hiring scabs

Question 9

What tactic did the Pinkertons use to bust unions?

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spying

Question 10

Which of these groups frequently protested the hiring of unskilled factory workers in the 1800s?

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craft guilds

The Labor Movement — Quiz Answers