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Question 1

Eugene V. Debs played a leading role in what labor event?
 
  A. Railroad strike of 1877
 
  B. Haymarket Square riot
 
  C. Pullman strike
 
  D. Homestead strike
 
  E. All these answers are correct.

Question 2

The Pullman strike of 1894 began when George Pullman, owner of the company,
 
  A. ordered rail workers to move into company-owned housing.
 
  B. began hiring African American workers in his factories.
 
  C. referred to workers as his children.
 
  D. cut wages by twenty-five percent due to a slumping economy.
 
  E. refused to implement an eight-hour work day.

Question 3

Samuel Gompers was the leader of the
 
  A. Knights of Labor.
 
  B. American Federation of Labor.
 
  C. Molly Maguires.
 
  D. American Railway Union.
 
  E. Congress of Industrial Organization.

Question 4

The Haymarket Square riot of 1886
 
  A. was the catalyst for several wide-ranging labor reforms.
 
  B. took place in Indianapolis.
 
  C. resulted in a strike at the McCormick Harvester Company.
 
  D. resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.
 
  E. led to public outrage over the police firing into a crowd of workers.

Question 5

In what industry did the Homestead strike of 1892 occur?
 
  A. railroad
 
  B. meatpacking
 
  C. steel
 
  D. oil
 
  E. coal

Question 6

At its height in 1886, the Knights of Labor were led by
 
  A. John Peter Altgeld.
 
  B. Eugene V. Debs.
 
  C. Uriah S. Stephens.
 
  D. Henry Clay Frick.
 
  E. Terence V. Powderly.



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Answer 1

C

Answer 2

D

Answer 3

B

Answer 4

D

Answer 5

C

Answer 6

E



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