INTRO TO APPRENTICESHIP EXAM SCRIPT
TESTED QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION
PREMIUM STUDY MATERIAL
●● Labor unions represent?
Answer: The working people of America
●● Who was and continues to be the driving force behind employment-
related social issues in this country?
Answer: The labor movement
●● What was the name of the first national labor union?
Answer: The knights of Labor, 1869, founded by Terence Powderly
●● The knights of Labor
Answer: Included skilled and unskilled workers, encouraged women and
minorities to join, supported restrictions on Immigration
Fought for Better/equal pay, safety codes, ending child Labor
Reached 700k members before shutting down in 1886 due to internal
problems
,●● What is a closed shop
Answer: The employer promises to only hire union members
●● What were blue dog contracts
Answer: Contracts to not join the union
●● Greatest Concerns to the early labor movement
Answer: Obtain higher wages, shorter hours, and better conditions, to
form mutual funds to benefit those in need, to place pressure on the
government.
●● The American Federation of Labor
Answer: 1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs,
working conditions, and a closed shop policy; multiple skilled laborers,
arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of Labor, rejected socialist
and communist ideas, non-violent.
●● The Haymarket Riot, Chicago, 1886
Answer: Nationwide strike for the 8 hour workday, Police Vs. workers
riot, the public linked this event to unions/Knights of labor
●● The Homestead Strike 1892
Answer: Militia was brought in to end strike at Steel mill
, ●● Pullman Strike, 1884
Answer: It was caused by grievances about unsafe working condition
and led by Eugene Debs. The boycott crippled railroad traffic in
Chicago. The courts ruled that the strikers had violated the Sherman
Antitrust Act and issued an injunction against them. When the strikers
refused to obey the injunction, Debs was arrested and President
Cleveland sent federal troops in to crush the strike. Thirteen died and
fifty-three were injured.
●● Main priorities of AFL?
Answer: Include skilled workers because they have more bargaining
power due to being hard to replace, fight for better wages and benefits
●● Which president urged workers to unionize to balance out the power
of big business?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
●● The CIO Congress of Industrialized Organizations represented
unions of what type of workers?
Answer: Unskilled Industrial workers
●● CIO - AFL Relationship Before Merging
TESTED QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION
PREMIUM STUDY MATERIAL
●● Labor unions represent?
Answer: The working people of America
●● Who was and continues to be the driving force behind employment-
related social issues in this country?
Answer: The labor movement
●● What was the name of the first national labor union?
Answer: The knights of Labor, 1869, founded by Terence Powderly
●● The knights of Labor
Answer: Included skilled and unskilled workers, encouraged women and
minorities to join, supported restrictions on Immigration
Fought for Better/equal pay, safety codes, ending child Labor
Reached 700k members before shutting down in 1886 due to internal
problems
,●● What is a closed shop
Answer: The employer promises to only hire union members
●● What were blue dog contracts
Answer: Contracts to not join the union
●● Greatest Concerns to the early labor movement
Answer: Obtain higher wages, shorter hours, and better conditions, to
form mutual funds to benefit those in need, to place pressure on the
government.
●● The American Federation of Labor
Answer: 1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs,
working conditions, and a closed shop policy; multiple skilled laborers,
arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of Labor, rejected socialist
and communist ideas, non-violent.
●● The Haymarket Riot, Chicago, 1886
Answer: Nationwide strike for the 8 hour workday, Police Vs. workers
riot, the public linked this event to unions/Knights of labor
●● The Homestead Strike 1892
Answer: Militia was brought in to end strike at Steel mill
, ●● Pullman Strike, 1884
Answer: It was caused by grievances about unsafe working condition
and led by Eugene Debs. The boycott crippled railroad traffic in
Chicago. The courts ruled that the strikers had violated the Sherman
Antitrust Act and issued an injunction against them. When the strikers
refused to obey the injunction, Debs was arrested and President
Cleveland sent federal troops in to crush the strike. Thirteen died and
fifty-three were injured.
●● Main priorities of AFL?
Answer: Include skilled workers because they have more bargaining
power due to being hard to replace, fight for better wages and benefits
●● Which president urged workers to unionize to balance out the power
of big business?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
●● The CIO Congress of Industrialized Organizations represented
unions of what type of workers?
Answer: Unskilled Industrial workers
●● CIO - AFL Relationship Before Merging
