Lesson 4.5 - The Labor Movement

Workplace requiring long hours in bad conditions for low pay.

A nickname given to a steel mill due to the high temperatures from making steel.

Children working in factories built up a tolerance to many diseases, which they passed down to the next generation.

Children were not educated and were never able to improve their position in life.

Working in factories helped children get accepted to better colleges.

It supported the use of child labor in factories.

It was the first union to organize strikes

It was the first union to accept unskilled workers.

Membership in labor union decreased after the Haymarket Square Riots.

Membership in labor unions stayed the same after the Haymarket Square Riots.

Membership in labor unions increased after the Haymarket Square Riots.

African Americans

Immigrants

Unskilled Workers

None of the available options

When workers are represented by their union during contract negotiations.

Strategy used by factory owners to get the cheapest labor possible.

When workers on strike are replaced by a factory owner.

Expanding the use of child labor

Ending child labor

Getting rid of worker unions

True

False

The government would frequently side with the workers, and force the company owners to give in to worker demands.

The government frequently sided with the company owners and even used troops to end strikes.

The government would usually take over companies where strikes occurred, and would arrest the owner.

People felt that unions helped create monopolies.

They believed that unions were responsible for high unemployment.

People believed unions were run by foreign radicals and were a threat to American culture.