Strike! Strike! Strike!
Where did the strike take place?
A) Lawrence, Massachusetts.
B) Atlanta, Georgia.
C) Boston, Massachusetts.
A) Lawrence, Massachusetts.
What did the women shout during protests?
A) Freedom and Care.
B) Bread and Roses.
C) Treatment and Fairness.
B) Bread and Roses.
Working and living conditions in Lawrence were _____.
A) Miserable.
B) Horrible.
C) Gruesome.
D) All of the Above.
D) All of the Above.
What was another term that was used to stop buying goods from companies?
A) Boycott.
B) Selling out.
A) Boycott.
What sickness was common and lethal for the workers that worked with lead?
A) Lead poisoning.
Why did the group of Polish weavers workers walk out of their jobs?
A) They demanded the company pay them more, the cooperation refused which resulted in their absence.
"As we come _____, marching, we battle, too, for men--"
A) Stomping.
B) Marching.
C) Glowing.
B) Marching.
When Camella Teoli was in the ___ grade, she started working in the textile factories.
A) Fifth.
B) Sixth.
C) Second.
B) Sixth.
What was a strategy that workers used to help their cause?
A) Keep working.
B) Choosing a different job.
C) Go on strike.
C) Go on strike.
At a rally in Haymarket Square in Chicago, someone threw a ____ into the crowd. One police officer died and several people were injured.
A) Bomb.
B) Match and oil.
C) Pepper spray.
A) Bomb.
Teoli's hair got caught in some machinery that left her hospitalized for seven months. When she was released from the hospital in January _____, she joined ______ workers in what would later be called the Bread and Roses Strike.
A) 1918, 23,407
B) 1911, 149
C) 1912, 27,000
C) 1912, 27,000.
Why did the protesters not only want bread; but also roses?
A) The protesters wanted both so that they could live their life to the fullest, having enough to provide for oneself and having some left over.
Were Child Labor laws legally allowed?
No. Although they were illegal, many families relied on it to keep their family healthy and fed.
Owners had tools of their own, like a ____, or a _____, in which the owner tells the employees not to show up until they agree to a pay cut.
A) Lockout, Reverse Strike.
B) Reverse Strike, Lockout.
C) Control means, Upper Hand.
A) Lockout, Reverse Strike.
Half of the children died before the age of __.
A) 6
What was the name of the young women that was killed during one of the protests?
A) Anna LoPiozzo.
Who was the individual that wrote the "Bread and Roses" poem?
A) James Oppenheim.
When did Camella Teoli, (Along with many others) mainly start working and when the work was on high rise?
A) 1911
B) 1943
C) 1899
D) None of the Above.
A) 1911
What were the replacements for the protesters called?
A) Scabs and strikebreakers.
More than ____ of the adults in the mills died before the age of ____.
A) Fifth, 30
B) Third, 25
C) Third, 20
B) Third, 25
Organizations called _____ helped the _____ workers fight against unfair treatment.
A) Labor Unions, textile
"Go crying through our singing their ancient song of Bread; _____ and love beauty their drudging spirts knew-"
A.) Small Art.
After the events of trying to send their children to New York City in hopes for a better life, they were eventually sent back to their homes in _____.
A) March.
Before the 20th century, the government never sided with the ____.
A) Union.
What was the cause of the most of the deaths in mill factories?
A) Thick smoke and dangerous machines.