How did the labor movement change in the early twentieth century?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Samuel Gompers’s American Federation of Labor (AFL) remained the largest union, devoted to the interests of skilled workers and focusing on better wages and working conditions.
2. The Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) formed in 1903, eventually accepted all women as members, sought to organize women into trade unions, lobbied for legislation protecting female workers, and educated the public on the problems and needs of working women.
3. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) formed in 1905, welcoming everyone regardless of gender or race and urging social revolution and labor solidarity.
4. Some business leaders turned to applied psychology and personnel management to keep workers in line, leading to the emergence of a school of industrial psychology. Industrial psychologists’ work showed that job satisfaction affected industrial output.
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Liberals believe the government should intervene in the ______________ but not in ______________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the American Federation of Labor __________
a. became increasingly radical b. remained devoted to the interests of skilled craftsmen c. included more and more unskilled workers d. lost its place as the largest American union e. aligned itself with management of America's largest corporations
How did Tsar Nicholas II respond to the 1905 protest?
a. He agreed to meet with the protestors. b. He punished military guards for their hostile treatment of the protesters. c. He began the transition to a constitutional monarchy. d. He established a representative assembly. e. He created a jobs program to put poor peasants to work.
The grants of Indians to individual Spaniards as a labor system were called
A) obrajes. B) consulados. C) encomiendas. D) audiencias. E) Alcaldes.