Industrial Revolution - Labor Unions
Test Quiz
1. Why did labor unions first form?
a. To protect the rights of business owners
b. To protect the rights of workers
c. To protect the rights of customers
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
2. What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?
a. Safe
b. Comfortable
c. Easy
d. Awesome
e. Dangerous
3. What did workers want when they went on strike?
a. Higher wages
b. Better working conditions
c. Fewer hours
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
4. What typically happened to individual employees who complained about working conditions?
a. They were given raises
b. They were fired
c. They were listened to
d. They were promoted
e. They quit their jobs
5. What is it called when a group of workers decide to not go to work?
a. Strike
b. Day off
c. Holiday
d. Swing
e. Bunt
6. True or False: Strikes during the Industrial Revolution were always peaceful.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
7. Which national union did Samuel Gompers found?
a. NFL
b. CIO
c. AFL
d. IBM
e. NEA
8. What major strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia after the B&O Railroad company cut wages?
a. Pullman Strike
b. Factory Workers Strike
c. Virginia Strike
d. Great Railroad Strike
e. California Gold Strike
9. What did the Lowell Mill Girls call a 'strike' in 1836?
a. Turn out
b. Switch off
c. Leaving
d. Stay home
e. Sitting
10. True or False: Labor unions are illegal in the United States today.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.
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