LHR Exam 2 questions with correct
answers graded A+
why has work changed over time? - correct answer ✔✔- industrial revolution brought harsh working
conditions
- markets went form local to regional to national
- economic change from self employment to wage employment
- violence and strikes
what are three key lessons from labor history. give examples for each - correct answer ✔✔1. history is
grounded in labor of slaves and servants (bar was set low)
- early colonial NA: indentured servants...after 1670 slaves
2. labor rights had to be won
- The Homestead Strike: wage cuts
Great Uprising of 1877: railroad...wage cuts
3. labor history has been struggle for control
- Henry Ford Assembly Line: took away control over pace of work (de-skilled workers)
Knights of Labor - correct answer ✔✔1st effort to create National union. Organized most workers
including women, AA, and small business owners (750k)
American Federation of Labor - correct answer ✔✔1886; federation of many unions - organized only
skilled workers based on their craft
Industrial Workers of the World - correct answer ✔✔Founded in 1905, organized everyone, advocated
for worker control of political and economic institutions
what are the three employment objectives, and when might they conflict - correct answer ✔✔efficiency,
equity, and voice
answers graded A+
why has work changed over time? - correct answer ✔✔- industrial revolution brought harsh working
conditions
- markets went form local to regional to national
- economic change from self employment to wage employment
- violence and strikes
what are three key lessons from labor history. give examples for each - correct answer ✔✔1. history is
grounded in labor of slaves and servants (bar was set low)
- early colonial NA: indentured servants...after 1670 slaves
2. labor rights had to be won
- The Homestead Strike: wage cuts
Great Uprising of 1877: railroad...wage cuts
3. labor history has been struggle for control
- Henry Ford Assembly Line: took away control over pace of work (de-skilled workers)
Knights of Labor - correct answer ✔✔1st effort to create National union. Organized most workers
including women, AA, and small business owners (750k)
American Federation of Labor - correct answer ✔✔1886; federation of many unions - organized only
skilled workers based on their craft
Industrial Workers of the World - correct answer ✔✔Founded in 1905, organized everyone, advocated
for worker control of political and economic institutions
what are the three employment objectives, and when might they conflict - correct answer ✔✔efficiency,
equity, and voice
