Chapter 5: Labor movement

Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor?

Who founded the American Railway Union?

Some labor supporters were anarchists, who believed that society did not need any government.

The American Federation of Labor pushed for closed shops, which meant that companies

What event led to the Haymarket riot?

Why did the Knights of labor support restrictions on immigration?

What is a "Yellow Dog Contract"?

Who could join the American Federation of Labor?

Which tactic was sometimes used by management to resist the demands of labor?

Which of the following was not a problem faced by most American workers?

By 1900, What weakened the American Federation of Labor?

A technique for breaking a union which the company refused to allow workers on their property.

Who believed the All property should be owned by the government?

Employers generally viewed unions as

The Knights of Labor suffered a decline in membership and influence due to lost strikes and

The anarchists leaders of the Haymarket riot (1886) were from __________

What was the main cause of the Homestead strike?

What is the term for a person hired by management to break a strike?

Which of the following was not a reason government favored management?

Who is the Proletariat?

How were the Homestead and Pullman strikes similar?

Who believed that the government should take over some businesses railroads and telephones

belief that the government should not interfere in the economy

industrialism brought machines into factories, jobs became more complex and required more skill

Who believed that is was natural for the best and strongest to enjoy positions of power ?

What is the practice of management circulating names of people not to be hired?

Which of the following was not a goal of a labor union?

In the late 1800s, most unions excluded women.

Who was hired by management to spy on union leaders and used violence to break up a strike?

Who was responsible for Communists ideology?

What was an important consequence of the Haymarket riot?

Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor?

What happened to Eugene V. Debs as a result of the Pullman Strike (1894)

Who was the leader of the Knights of labor?

Which event happened in 1892?