Bread and roses
In what city was the Bread and Roses strike held?
A) Las Vegas, Nevada
B) Paris, France
C) Lawrence, Massachusetts
D) New York City, New York
C
In Lawrence, Massachusetts around 1900, half of all the children around 1900 died before what age.
A) 6
B) 2
C) 9
D) 7
A
Often called "Wobblies", what organization encouraged their members to take direct action against their employers?
Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW.
Who wrote the famous poem that inspired the Bread and Roses strike?
James Oppenheim
What is a period of time called when workers stop working as a way to protest against something they think is unfair?
A strike
What was the meaning behind the famous slogan, "We want bread and roses too."?
The bread represents the resources we as a society need for survival and the roses represents the simple pleasure of life.
On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. But due to the negligence of the Triangle Company how many of their workers were brutally burned or crushed to death?
146
What was the first nation wide labor organization that fought for higher pay and lower hours for their members who were a mix of skilled and unskilled workers?
The National Labor Union
Who were the two organizers of the Bread and Roses strike that were blamed and then jailed for the death of Anna LoPiozzo?
Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti
What are groups of workers called who join together to negotiate with employers about things like pay and working conditions?
Labor unions
Where did the name of the Bread and Roses strike originally come from?
A poem written by James Oppenheim about women in the labor movement.
What fraction of adults who worked in mills died before they reached the age of 25?
More then one third.
At their peak they boasted 750,000 workers and allowed both women and African-Americans. before their decline after Haymarket Square.
Who were The Knights of Labor?
Who was the founder of the American Railway Union and the American Socialist Party who also ran for U.S. President five times and received over 900,000 votes in the election of 1912?
Eugene V. Debs
What is it called when people stop buying or using goods or services from a company as a way of protesting against it.
A boycott
How did the leadership of the strike encourage public sympathy?
They sent the children of the strikers to New York to keep them out of harms way.
In 1914, a report by the Commission on Industrial Relations stated that __________ workers where killed in industrial accidents and ______________ injured.
35,000 and 700,000 workers.
It was founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886 and, at their peak, they had over 500,000 members. that included a loose grouping of smaller craft unions and was made up of entirely skilled workers.
What was the American Federation of Labor?
Who where the two IWW organizers that instructed the Bread and Roses strikers to stay nonviolent to encourage the public's sympathy and donations.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Big Bill Haywood
What is a group of people called who are hired to take the place of the strikers during a strike?
Strikebreakers or scabs.
What was the deal that the companies finally offered that the strikers accepted?
A pay raise and a less restrictive attendance policy.
In what year where 27,000 workers killed on the job?
1904
Under orders from their founder, Eugene V. Debs, what organization famously showed support for the Pullman Strike where they refused to operate any trains that had Pullman cars?
The American Railway Union
The founder of the American Federation of Labor who focused on "bread and butter" issues of higher wages and better working conditions.
Who was Samuel Gompers?
What is it called a when the owner tells the employees not to show up until they agree to a pay cut in a reverse strike?
A lockout.