6.2 Labor Unrest

Question 1

What case opened the door for labor unions in 1842?

Answer 1

Commonwealth v. Hunt (on quiz)

Question 2

Non-union workers who usually worked for low wages were called…

Answer 2

scabs (on quiz)

Question 3

Who led the Pullman strike?

Answer 3

Eugene V. Debs (on quiz)

Question 4

Members of the IWW were often referred to as…

Answer 4

“Wobblies”

Question 5

Knights of Labor (1869)

Answer 5

Higher wages, cooperatives, anti-trusts, child labor laws and open to all workers regardless of sex, age, race

Question 6

What was the Pullman strike?

Answer 6

A nationwide railroad strike where they stopped all Pullman cars because they wanted higher wages

Question 7

Haymarket Square riot (1888)

Answer 7

Played a direct role in ultimate downfall of Knights Of Labor, took place in Chicago and led to policemen deaths

Question 8

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) embraced the rhetoric of _________ and endorsed _______ tactics.

Answer 8

class conflict, violent

Question 9

American Federation of Labor (1886)

Answer 9

led by Samuel Gompers, formed because the Knights of Labor failed, wanted skilled workers