Labor history
What is the real name of the leader of King Phillip’s War?
Metacomet
What is the name if the most famous leader of the United Farm Workers?
Cesar Chavez
When did the “Bread and Roses” stroke happen?
1912
What national US holiday was established to honor workers?
Labor Day
Why did the women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory jump out windows?
because the emergency doors were locked and the fire engine ladder couldn’t reach.
Who founded the first industrial cotton mill in Rhode Island?
Samuel Slater and Moses Brown
What was the largest general strike according according to WED Dubois?
The great migration during reconstruction
How many general strikes happened in 1934?
4 (or more) Toledo, Mpls, San Francisco, Oakland
What kind of strike in Memphis TN was Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr supporting when he was assassinated?
Sanitation workers
How many votes did Eugene Debs win when he ran for president while in prison?
Over a million
Who was know as the Red Flame?
Ann Burlap
What does a CBA stand for?
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Where did the most famous sit down strike occur?
Flint Michigan
What did the New Deal do for unions?
Made joining private sector unions in certain workplaces legal.
What happened after the Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago?
Labor activists where executed even though they weren’t present
What is the name of the carpenter who worked with Thomas Dorr to emancipate more working class people to be able to vote in RI?
Seth Luther
What type of workers went on strike during the most famous spoke in Homestead, PA?
Steelworkers
What is the name of the group of immigrant workers in LA who showed that you could strike for recognition?
Justice for Janitors
What union did A. Phillip Randolph lead?
Brotherhood of Sleeping car Porters.
What is the real name of Mother Jones?
Mary Harris
What is the year of the largest Textile strike in US history?
1934
Where was William Z Foster born?
Taunton, MA
From what workers did the term strike come from?
Sailors striking the sails, refusing to sail.
What does AFL stand for?
American Federation of Labor
What were the two opposing groups for the Homestead Strike?
steelworkers and the Carnegie Steel Company