Labor Relations Practice Quiz

1. The Great Uprising of 1877 was successful in improving labor relations between workers and their employers. Shortly after the uprising subsided, wages were increases and hours of work were decreased. (Points : 1)

True

False

2. The Knights of Labor was a militant union that advocated the use of strikes and boycotts as weapons that would force management to concede to their demands. (Points : 1)

True

False

3. Despite the AFL's emphasis on immediate improvements to working conditions, it was also intent upon changing the basic economic structure of the U.S. economy from ownership control to worker control of business. (Points : 1)

True

False

4. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was designed to outlaw monopolies and prevent their economic dominance over markets and over society. (Points : 1)

True

False

5. The Wagner Act (NLRA) makes it illegal for an employer to designate a representative of the employees in negotiations over wages, hours, and working conditions. (Points : 1)

True

False

6. The first national labor unions began to develop in the 1850s, due in part to: (Points : 1)

the advent of the rail industry which made it easier for union leaders to travel to various organizing points.

powerful labor leaders.

favorable legislation and courts that were friendly toward unions.

increasing emphasis on craft development

7. The Homestead strike in 1892 and the Pullman strike in 1894 were representative of the clash between employers and the AFL over the right to establish: (Points : 1)

Reasonable working conditions

Work standards and production decisions

Wage rates

Hours of work

8. Injunctions were applied to yellow dog contracts: (Points : 1)

To stop unions from organizing workers where yellow dog contracts were in place.

To stop workers from signing yellow dog contracts.

To stop management from signing