Labor Unions: APUSH Period 6

Question 1

When a few selected members speak on behalf of the entire union:

Accepted Answer

collective bargaining

Question 2

When workers leave their jobs in an attempt to gain better conditions it is called:

Accepted Answer

strike

Question 3

How did labor unions support factory workers? They:

Accepted Answer

negotiated with business owners and organized strikes

Question 4

Strikes can be successful only if:

Accepted Answer

all workers participate, replacement workers aren't available

Question 5

Did children who worked in the factories go to school?

Accepted Answer

no

Question 6

Factories employed

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 7

What did labor unions fight against in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

child workers, long hours, bad pay, unsafe conditions

Question 8

The average work week at the turn of century was:

Accepted Answer

6 days

Question 9

Individuals who took great financial risk to create new businesses were called:

Accepted Answer

Entrepreneurs

Question 10

A business so powerful it can make its own prices and control its own market is called a-

Accepted Answer

monopoly

Question 11

A law passed by Congress regulating the railroads

Accepted Answer

Interstate Commerce Act

Question 12

Working conditions in "Gilded Age" factories:

Accepted Answer

could be dangerous and unsanitary

Question 13

Strikes are successful because

Accepted Answer

the company loses money

Question 14

Strikes (protests) by labor unions were often broken up by whom?

Accepted Answer

government troops and police

Question 15

Which of the following correctly describe pay workers received in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

low wages that could change at any time

Question 16

Why were children used to work in factories during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

There were no laws against children working, children were paid less than adults

Question 17

The U.S. government had a "laissez faire" policy which meant-

Accepted Answer

being hands off, not managing the economy or businesses

Question 18

Management would break strikes by

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 19

A worker in an Industrial era factory average about ___ hours a day

Accepted Answer

12

Questions 19