Question 1
What did the editor of Scribner's Monthly imply when he addressed the 1877 Great Uprising of railroad workers by stating that unions have been despotic toward their own members, oppressive toward the class in whose interest they
pretend to have been established, impertinent and intermeddling? A) Unions were illegal, foolish, and un-American.
B) Unions were unsuccessful in organizing because of animosity within their own ranks.
C) Unions were vital organizations that protected workers from exploitation.
D) Unions were responsible for the cuts in workers' wages that led to the Great Uprising.
Question 2
What resulted from an 1847 strike by white workers at the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia?
A) The slaves and the white workers together formed a labor union.
B) The enslaved African Americans who worked at the factory were all terminated.
C) Having slaves and free whites working together at any Southern factory was outlawed.
D) The only white workers remaining supervised an exclusively enslaved labor force.
Question 3
What message did the San Francisco magazine The Wasp send to the public through publication of this satirical cartoon?
A) praise of Chinese workers for possessing multiple jobs skills
B) blame of Chinese workers for taking jobs from Americans through their long hours of work
C) criticism of American workers for idleness and laziness at their jobs
D) condemnation of the Chinese Exclusion Act for its racist beliefs and practices
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