The Labor Movement (Grade 9)
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The Labor Movement
1.
The labor movement began in which country?
- France
- Canada
- England
- United States
2.
The labor movement started as a way to deal with the increase in factory jobs during the Industrial Revolution.
- True
- False
3.
The Acts of 1799 and 1800 prevented workers from forming trade unions and collective bargaining.
- Guild
- Union
- Labor
- Combination
4.
The Roman Catholic Church played an important role in propelling the labor movement forward.
- True
- False
5.
Written by Pope , the "Rerum Novarum" called for limits on the length of the workday, the establishment of trade unions, and the abolishment of child labor.
- Leo X
- Pius IX
- Leo XIII
- Gregory XVI
6.
The poor conditions in factories were made public by muckraking journalists.
- True
- False
7.
Who founded the American Federation of Labor?
- Samuel Gompers
- Eugene V. Debs
- Cesar Chavez
- John L. Lewis
8.
Uruguay passed laws restricting the work day to eight hours before the United States did.
- True
- False
9.
Why did the American Railway Union call for a boycott of all trains that used Pullman cars?
10.
The United States Army was called up to end the Pullman Strike.
- True
- False
11.
American Railway Union leader Eugene V. Debs helped to found which political party after the Pullman Strike?
- Democratic
- Bull Moose
- Socialist
- Labor
12.
Both the American Federation of Labor and the United Mine Workers were founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- True
- False
13.
Who signed the Fair Labor Standards Act?
- William Howard Taft
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Woodrow Wilson
14.
is the process by which wages, benefits, and working conditions are negotiated on behalf of a group of employees.
15.
The rights of trade unions were upheld in New Deal legislation.
- True
- False
16.
The United Farm Workers labor union was co-founded by Cesar Chavez and .
- Samuel Gompers
- George Meany
- Mary Harris
- Dolores Huerta
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