Oppenheim's Poem
What year was Oppenheim's poem "Bread and Roses", written in?
A) 1932
B) 1911
C) 1904
Answer is: B. 1911
How much money did little girls make who were working around 1910 weekly?
A) $5.50
B) $3.00
C) $4.75
Answer is B. $3.00 per week!
Most American citizens living between the 1870's and 1900's were living through...
A) The Great Upheaval
B) The Great Depression
C) The Gilded Age
Answer is C. The Gilded Age
Around the year 1900, many people died because of working in the mills... What was the main reason why the majority of adults and children die?
A) Being burned to death
B) Being overly worked to death
C) Health dangers
Answer is C. Health dangers like thick smoke
What is the basic rule of capitalism?
A) Private vs Public
B) Privacy is key
C) Free Competition
Answer is C. Free Competition
Fill in the Blank!
"Are touched with the _____ that a sun discloses, For the people hear us _______:"
A) radiance, singing
B) pride, chanting
C) shine, protest
Answer is A. radiance, singing
Sadly, in 1904, 27,000 workers died on the job. what did they do to work?
A) Manufacturing, Transport, & Agriculture
B) Mining, Domestic service, & Agriculture
C) Transport, Manufacturing, & Mining
Answer is A. Manufacturing, Transport, & Agriculture
What is a reversed strike where owners let workers know not to come back until they agree on a payed cut called?
A) A lockout
B) A shutdown
C) A Force
Answer is A. A lockout
Around the year 1900, what fraction of children die before age 6 due to working in Lawrence?
A) 3/4
B) 1/2
C) 2/5
Answer is B. 1/2 of children in Lawrence died before age 6 due to work
Capitalism leans towards the ________. They will most likely win.
A) most deserving
B) richer person
C) none of the above. They are willing to both sides.
Answer is A. Most deserving
How many stanzas are in the "Bread and Roses" poem?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
Answer is C. 4
After 146 Triangle Workers died in an accident, many people marched in a memorial parade down Broadway. Solve the math equation to figure it out how many people marched.
20,000 x 5 - 150 + 80,150 - 20,000 - 60,000= ?
The correct answer is 100,000. 100,000 people marched.
Fill in the blanks:
"The ______ supported the entire political agenda of the ___ and more. In 1886, the Knights boasted 750,000 workers – but then disaster struck." -Newsela, The Rise of Organized Labor in The US
A) AFL, Knights
B) Knights, Law makers
C) Knights, NLU
Answer is C. Knights, NLU
What was the chant strikers used while marching?
A) Why can we not have Bread and Roses?
B) We want Bread and Roses too.
C) Bread and Roses for freedom!
Answer is B. "We want Bread and Roses too."
What is socialism's main goal?
A) Narrow the line between Congress and citizens
B) Narrow the line between rich and poor
C) Eliminate the line between rich and poor
What is the repeated saying in Oppenheim's Poem?
(Hint: Marching)
Answer is: "As we go marching, marching,"
In 1912, New York State Factory investigation Commission wrote about a girl named Sadie. What was her problem? List 3 answers out of the total four listed in the report.
(Hint: A part of her body turned blue)
- "she began unable to eat...
- Her hands were swelled,
- she lost the use of one hand,
- her teeth and gums were blue."
From the Newsela article, Rise of Organized Labor in The US, who were the "Wobblies", and what did they support?
(Hint: IWW)
The Wobblies were members of The IWW, and supported employees to fight for justice against their boss.
When Ettor and Giovannitti were likely wrongly sent to jail by the police during strike, but who did the police shoot?
(Hint: LoPiozzo)
Anna LoPiozzo was shot.
What was the idea of socialism in the beginning?
(Hint: Capitalism or Communism)
Originally, the idea of socialism was essentially like communism
What does the bread symbolize, and what do the roses symbolize?
Bread: Survival necessities (Ex: Food, Shelter, etc...)
Roses: Money to leisure with (Ex: Vacations, restaurants, etc...)
In a report by the Commission on Industrial Relations, 735,00 people were hurt in industrial accidents in 1914. How many people were killed and how many people were hurt.
35,000 killed, 700,000 hurt
What year did the NLU wither away?
(Hint: Year 18...)
The NLU withered away in 1873
Who did the IWW bring in as organizers while the strike was growing?
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and and Big Bill Haywood
What does our economy like around the world? Socialism, Capitalism, or Communism?
Trick Question! It is a mix between two or three out of the the three specific ideas!