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Seneca Falls - CORRECT ANSWER women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls,
New York in 1848
William H. Sylvis - CORRECT ANSWER head of the Iron Molders who recruited a
regiment from his own union to defend Washington against Confederate forces while
launching the campaign for an eight-hour workday; *first president of the N.L.U.*;
supported the unification of workers across race and gender; died in 1869
National Labor Union - CORRECT ANSWER first large-scale U.S. union founded in
1867 to organize skilled and unskilled laborers, farmers, and factory workers as the
growth of large- scale industrial enterprises became capable of overpowering local and
statewide unions; favored the organization of both women and black workers but did
not allow them into the union itself; ended amidst the six year depression that began in
1873
Knights and Daughters of St. Crispin - CORRECT ANSWER union of the male and
female stitchers of the show industry; preached cooperation with manufacturers and
contributed to the prosperity of many shoe towns before being destroyed by shoe
bosses
"yellow dog" contract - CORRECT ANSWER agreement in which a worker pledged
never to join a union again; used in 1875 to end the Fall River mill strike and remained
legal until 1931
Norris-La Guardia Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1931; labor legislation that outlawed
"yellow dog" contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain
strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing
Commonwealth vs. Hunt - CORRECT ANSWER 1842; established the legality
of trade unionism; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that workers
could legally associate with each other and seek to persuade others to do so as
long as unions employed fair and honorable means to this end
Female Labor Reform Association - CORRECT ANSWER association formed by
Lowell factory girls demanding a ten-hour work day so that they could enjoy more free-
time to devote to family, community and civic life; led by Sarah Bagley
Horace Mann - CORRECT ANSWER Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of
Education and father of the public school system; championed education for all citizens
in Massachusetts
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scab labor - CORRECT ANSWER replacement workers that take the jobs of the union
workers on strike
Pinkerton Detective Agency - CORRECT ANSWER private security force that
specialized in anti- union activities; supplied employers with detectives who spied on
and broke up union meetings and pickets with armed violence
Samuel Gompers - CORRECT ANSWER Jewish immigrant from London and young
cigar maker in New York who joined other trade unionists to build new unions that could
survive a depression; cigarmakers union persuaded New York lawmakers to ban
sweatshops; *first president of the American Federation of Labor*; participated in the
creation of the National Civic Association; distrusted the legislative process and
preferred that terms of employment be subject to contract; thought a minimum wage law
would be used as a ceiling for wages rather than a floor in bargaining and urged unions
to maintain political independence from Democrats and Republicans; spoke for
President Wilson's peace program after WWI; helped found the International Labor
Organization
Federation of Organized Trades - CORRECT ANSWER established in 1881 by
Gompers and other unionists to ensure the survival of unions in hostile environment
such as a depression
Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER national
organization formed in 1869 that opposed direct confrontation with employers and
sought arbitration as a way of
*avoiding strike violence*; *goal: creation of an inclusive movement of all producers,
skilled and unskilled, native and foreign born, male and female*; opposed the use of
contract laborers from foreign lands and joined trade unions in pushing for anti-
immigration laws; launched a successful militant strike in 1885 against railroad baron
Jay Gould's Southern Pacific Railroad; declined in size after being blamed for the
Haymarket Square bombing despite their disapproval of violence
"The Great Upheaval" - CORRECT ANSWER 1,432 work stoppages in 1886
Terence Powderly - CORRECT ANSWER leader of the Knights of Labor; advised
legislative action to shorten the work day as opposed to striking
American Federation of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER founded on December 8, 1886
by trades union delegates in Columbus, Ohio on the principle of solidarity among
tradesmen; dominated by craft-oriented trade unions; closed to newcomers as well as
women and blacks with skills in the same trades; insisted on complete jurisdiction over
all workers within their chosen domain and opposed other unions seeking to represent
those workers (division by trade); *limited concerns to "pure and simple unionism", or
organizing for the improvement of wages and working conditions for skilled white male
workers*; endorsed immigration restriction and institutionalized racial and gender
segregation by chartering special "chapter" for blacks and women allowing them a
chance to organize but not as full members; received federal protection in return for
making a pledge not to strike for the duration of WWI; WWII: took a no-
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strike pledge and accepted a wage freeze in return for a voice in federal war production
policies and a guarantee that the new defense producers would hire union workers
first president: Samuel Gompers
first secretary: Peter J. McGuire (Carpenters' leader)
greenhorn - CORRECT ANSWER slang for an inexperienced worker
industrial unionism - CORRECT ANSWER inclusive model built on organizing workers
by industry rather that occupation
Frank Foster - CORRECT ANSWER Massachusetts printer; elected president of the
Boston Typographical Union in 1882; prominent figure in the Knights of Labor (editor of
the K. of L.'s Haverhill Laborer) until leaving in 1887, arguing that the K. of L. should
give way to the trade unions of the American Federation of Labor; legislative director of
the Massachusetts State Federation and editor of its The Labor Leader; argued against
President Lowell (Harvard) on the use of scabs in strikebreaking; mobilized labor to win
reductions in the workday for state employees from 1890 to 1906
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER created in 1887 by the
leaders of the American Federation of Labor; won a reduction in the workday of state
employees to nine hours, the mandatory inspection of workplaces, the prohibition of
child labor, the reduction of the work week for women and teenaged workers, and a
"prevailing wage law" on government projects
prevailing wage law - CORRECT ANSWER prevents building contractors from bidding
too low for public work and thereby undermining workers' hard-won standard of living
central labor council - CORRECT ANSWER regional group representing the skilled
trade and/or manufacturing unions in an area; *Massachusetts:* organized effective
boycotts against abusive employers, persuaded consumers to buy products with a
union label, elected worker- friendly public officials, and contributed to striking workers
so that no union stood alone (mutual aid)
Josiah Quincy IV - CORRECT ANSWER mayor of Boston elected by the unification
of all local unions; called for the use of union labor on public works and opened a
city-owned printing plant staffed by union printers who worked an eight-hour day
Eugene V. Debs - CORRECT ANSWER first leader of the American Railway Union;
sent to federal prison following his ignored call for a general strike in support for the car
builders of Pullman, Illinois; leader of the Socialist Party of America and five time
presidential candidate who called for a cooperative commonwealth; president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Workers; militant pacifist who was imprisoned for ten years for
his opposition of US entry into WWI
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National Civic Association - CORRECT ANSWER organization formed in 1900 by
Samuel Gompers and other trade unionnnn leaders to promote trade agreements that
would end strikes (especially sympathy strikes) in return for union recognition
standard of living desired by organized labor pre-WWI - CORRECT ANSWER wage
that could sustain a male breadwinner and his family, allow for homeownership, a
healthy diet, and good clothing without requiring his wife and children to work for
wages
Socialist Party of America - CORRECT ANSWER political party formed in 1901 by
union workers who wanted their own political party and wanted their government to
own and operate factories and railroads so those who did the work could make the
decisions; led by Eugene V.
Debs; opposed US entry into WWI and was prosecuted under the Espionage Act
workmen's compensation - CORRECT ANSWER program of income maintenance for
injured workers
Western Federation of Miners - CORRECT ANSWER adapted industrial union form to
organize all persons working in and around mines, mills, and smelters; engaged metal
mine operators in a ten-year civil war in the Rocky Mountains
Brewers Union - CORRECT ANSWER socialist-led union based on the industrial model
United Mine Workers of America - CORRECT ANSWER founded in 1890 on a constitution
that
*prohibited discrimination based on race, creed, or nationality*; largest A.F.L.-affiliate;
1902 hard coal strike caused the President to intervene as a neutral force for the first
time (Theodore Roosevelt refused to use troops against strikers and instead called for
arbitration)
Mary E. Kenney - CORRECT ANSWER first female national A.F.L. organizer charged
by Samuel Gompers with the mobilization of women in manufacturing; helped found
the Women's Trade Union League
Women's Trade Union League - CORRECT ANSWER included working class women,
their middle- and upper-class allies, and social reformers in their commitment to *the
expansion of working women's' liberties, including the rights to a living wage and
sanitary and safe working conditions*; successfully educated and organized thousands
of wage-earning women and won legislation protecting women and children from the
worst excesses of industrial employment
"Uprising of the 20,000" - CORRECT ANSWER first major strike in the needle trades;
female shirtwaist makers led the strike that built the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union
examples of immigrant organizations - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Hod Carriers and
Laborers: formed by Italian contract laborers exploited under the "padrone" system
2) United Hebrew Trades: formed by Jewish immigrants in New York City
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Seneca Falls - CORRECT ANSWER women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls,
New York in 1848
William H. Sylvis - CORRECT ANSWER head of the Iron Molders who recruited a
regiment from his own union to defend Washington against Confederate forces while
launching the campaign for an eight-hour workday; *first president of the N.L.U.*;
supported the unification of workers across race and gender; died in 1869
National Labor Union - CORRECT ANSWER first large-scale U.S. union founded in
1867 to organize skilled and unskilled laborers, farmers, and factory workers as the
growth of large- scale industrial enterprises became capable of overpowering local and
statewide unions; favored the organization of both women and black workers but did
not allow them into the union itself; ended amidst the six year depression that began in
1873
Knights and Daughters of St. Crispin - CORRECT ANSWER union of the male and
female stitchers of the show industry; preached cooperation with manufacturers and
contributed to the prosperity of many shoe towns before being destroyed by shoe
bosses
"yellow dog" contract - CORRECT ANSWER agreement in which a worker pledged
never to join a union again; used in 1875 to end the Fall River mill strike and remained
legal until 1931
Norris-La Guardia Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1931; labor legislation that outlawed
"yellow dog" contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain
strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing
Commonwealth vs. Hunt - CORRECT ANSWER 1842; established the legality
of trade unionism; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that workers
could legally associate with each other and seek to persuade others to do so as
long as unions employed fair and honorable means to this end
Female Labor Reform Association - CORRECT ANSWER association formed by
Lowell factory girls demanding a ten-hour work day so that they could enjoy more free-
time to devote to family, community and civic life; led by Sarah Bagley
Horace Mann - CORRECT ANSWER Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of
Education and father of the public school system; championed education for all citizens
in Massachusetts
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scab labor - CORRECT ANSWER replacement workers that take the jobs of the union
workers on strike
Pinkerton Detective Agency - CORRECT ANSWER private security force that
specialized in anti- union activities; supplied employers with detectives who spied on
and broke up union meetings and pickets with armed violence
Samuel Gompers - CORRECT ANSWER Jewish immigrant from London and young
cigar maker in New York who joined other trade unionists to build new unions that could
survive a depression; cigarmakers union persuaded New York lawmakers to ban
sweatshops; *first president of the American Federation of Labor*; participated in the
creation of the National Civic Association; distrusted the legislative process and
preferred that terms of employment be subject to contract; thought a minimum wage law
would be used as a ceiling for wages rather than a floor in bargaining and urged unions
to maintain political independence from Democrats and Republicans; spoke for
President Wilson's peace program after WWI; helped found the International Labor
Organization
Federation of Organized Trades - CORRECT ANSWER established in 1881 by
Gompers and other unionists to ensure the survival of unions in hostile environment
such as a depression
Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER national
organization formed in 1869 that opposed direct confrontation with employers and
sought arbitration as a way of
*avoiding strike violence*; *goal: creation of an inclusive movement of all producers,
skilled and unskilled, native and foreign born, male and female*; opposed the use of
contract laborers from foreign lands and joined trade unions in pushing for anti-
immigration laws; launched a successful militant strike in 1885 against railroad baron
Jay Gould's Southern Pacific Railroad; declined in size after being blamed for the
Haymarket Square bombing despite their disapproval of violence
"The Great Upheaval" - CORRECT ANSWER 1,432 work stoppages in 1886
Terence Powderly - CORRECT ANSWER leader of the Knights of Labor; advised
legislative action to shorten the work day as opposed to striking
American Federation of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER founded on December 8, 1886
by trades union delegates in Columbus, Ohio on the principle of solidarity among
tradesmen; dominated by craft-oriented trade unions; closed to newcomers as well as
women and blacks with skills in the same trades; insisted on complete jurisdiction over
all workers within their chosen domain and opposed other unions seeking to represent
those workers (division by trade); *limited concerns to "pure and simple unionism", or
organizing for the improvement of wages and working conditions for skilled white male
workers*; endorsed immigration restriction and institutionalized racial and gender
segregation by chartering special "chapter" for blacks and women allowing them a
chance to organize but not as full members; received federal protection in return for
making a pledge not to strike for the duration of WWI; WWII: took a no-
,CLSB CIO EXAM REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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strike pledge and accepted a wage freeze in return for a voice in federal war production
policies and a guarantee that the new defense producers would hire union workers
first president: Samuel Gompers
first secretary: Peter J. McGuire (Carpenters' leader)
greenhorn - CORRECT ANSWER slang for an inexperienced worker
industrial unionism - CORRECT ANSWER inclusive model built on organizing workers
by industry rather that occupation
Frank Foster - CORRECT ANSWER Massachusetts printer; elected president of the
Boston Typographical Union in 1882; prominent figure in the Knights of Labor (editor of
the K. of L.'s Haverhill Laborer) until leaving in 1887, arguing that the K. of L. should
give way to the trade unions of the American Federation of Labor; legislative director of
the Massachusetts State Federation and editor of its The Labor Leader; argued against
President Lowell (Harvard) on the use of scabs in strikebreaking; mobilized labor to win
reductions in the workday for state employees from 1890 to 1906
Massachusetts State Federation of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER created in 1887 by the
leaders of the American Federation of Labor; won a reduction in the workday of state
employees to nine hours, the mandatory inspection of workplaces, the prohibition of
child labor, the reduction of the work week for women and teenaged workers, and a
"prevailing wage law" on government projects
prevailing wage law - CORRECT ANSWER prevents building contractors from bidding
too low for public work and thereby undermining workers' hard-won standard of living
central labor council - CORRECT ANSWER regional group representing the skilled
trade and/or manufacturing unions in an area; *Massachusetts:* organized effective
boycotts against abusive employers, persuaded consumers to buy products with a
union label, elected worker- friendly public officials, and contributed to striking workers
so that no union stood alone (mutual aid)
Josiah Quincy IV - CORRECT ANSWER mayor of Boston elected by the unification
of all local unions; called for the use of union labor on public works and opened a
city-owned printing plant staffed by union printers who worked an eight-hour day
Eugene V. Debs - CORRECT ANSWER first leader of the American Railway Union;
sent to federal prison following his ignored call for a general strike in support for the car
builders of Pullman, Illinois; leader of the Socialist Party of America and five time
presidential candidate who called for a cooperative commonwealth; president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Workers; militant pacifist who was imprisoned for ten years for
his opposition of US entry into WWI
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National Civic Association - CORRECT ANSWER organization formed in 1900 by
Samuel Gompers and other trade unionnnn leaders to promote trade agreements that
would end strikes (especially sympathy strikes) in return for union recognition
standard of living desired by organized labor pre-WWI - CORRECT ANSWER wage
that could sustain a male breadwinner and his family, allow for homeownership, a
healthy diet, and good clothing without requiring his wife and children to work for
wages
Socialist Party of America - CORRECT ANSWER political party formed in 1901 by
union workers who wanted their own political party and wanted their government to
own and operate factories and railroads so those who did the work could make the
decisions; led by Eugene V.
Debs; opposed US entry into WWI and was prosecuted under the Espionage Act
workmen's compensation - CORRECT ANSWER program of income maintenance for
injured workers
Western Federation of Miners - CORRECT ANSWER adapted industrial union form to
organize all persons working in and around mines, mills, and smelters; engaged metal
mine operators in a ten-year civil war in the Rocky Mountains
Brewers Union - CORRECT ANSWER socialist-led union based on the industrial model
United Mine Workers of America - CORRECT ANSWER founded in 1890 on a constitution
that
*prohibited discrimination based on race, creed, or nationality*; largest A.F.L.-affiliate;
1902 hard coal strike caused the President to intervene as a neutral force for the first
time (Theodore Roosevelt refused to use troops against strikers and instead called for
arbitration)
Mary E. Kenney - CORRECT ANSWER first female national A.F.L. organizer charged
by Samuel Gompers with the mobilization of women in manufacturing; helped found
the Women's Trade Union League
Women's Trade Union League - CORRECT ANSWER included working class women,
their middle- and upper-class allies, and social reformers in their commitment to *the
expansion of working women's' liberties, including the rights to a living wage and
sanitary and safe working conditions*; successfully educated and organized thousands
of wage-earning women and won legislation protecting women and children from the
worst excesses of industrial employment
"Uprising of the 20,000" - CORRECT ANSWER first major strike in the needle trades;
female shirtwaist makers led the strike that built the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union
examples of immigrant organizations - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Hod Carriers and
Laborers: formed by Italian contract laborers exploited under the "padrone" system
2) United Hebrew Trades: formed by Jewish immigrants in New York City
