1) The first major national labor union in the U.S. was the? a) National Union b
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1) The first major national labor union in the U.S. was the?
a) National Union
b) Knights of Labor
c) American Federation of Labor (AFL)
d) Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
e) AFL-CIO
2) The right to organize a union and to strike
a) Is guaranteed in the Constitution
b) Is granted by the Civil Rights Act
c) Is granted by statute enacted by Congress
d) Exists only for national unions
e) Does not exist by legislation, but by Supreme Court ruling
3) Which of the following is not true about the Wagner Act?
a) It ensured that employers must bargain with unions that represent a majority of the workers
b) It made it illegal for employers to interfere with the right to organize
c) It established the National Labor Relations Board
d) It legitimized unions and the labor movement
e) It established the AFL-CIO
4) Which of the following groups would be considered an industrial union?
a) Auto workers
b) Plumbers
c) Electricians
d) Teachers
e) The American Medical Association
5) Exploiter Gadgets made its workers sign "yellow-dog" contracts. These contracts, in which the worker promises?
a) Not to join a union, were prohibited by the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
b) Not to join a union, were prohibited by the Wagner Act of 1935
c) Not to join a union, were prohibited by the Taft-Harley Act of 1947
d) To join the existing union in order to be hired, were made legal by the Wagner Act of 1935
e) To join the existing union in order to be hired, were made legal by the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
I have my own answers as to what I think they would be, but just want another persons educated response. I will not give the points to someone who is just guessing based on absolutely no research or knowledge. Thank you in advance to the person who helps me :)
Explanation / Answer
Q 1 : A
The History of Labor unions in the United States begins before the Civil War, but mostly comprised the last 120 years when the AFL (now AFL-CIO) and the railroad brotherhoods built strong permanent unions.
The first local unions in the United States formed in the late 18th century, but the movement came into its own after the Civil War, when the short-lived "National Labor Union" (NLU) became the first federation of U.S. unions, followed by the slightly longer-lived Knights of Labor (a broadly-based federation that collapsed in the late 1880s in the wake of the Haymarket Riot), then by the American Federation of Labor (AFL), founded in 1886 by Samuel Gompers as a national federation of skilled workers' unions. Union growth was rapid in the 1900-1918 period, thanks to support from the national government and working arrangements with business.
Detailed reference http://www.conservapedia.com/American_labor_unions
2. C
Davis-Bacon Act
In 1931, Congress passed the Davis-Bacon Act, requiring that contracts for construction entered into by the Federal Government specify the minimum wages to be paid to persons employed under those contracts.
(*) Norris-LaGuardia Act
The Norris-LaGuardia Act, passed in 1932, during the last year of the Hoover Administration, was the first in a series of laws passed by Congress in the 1930s which gave Federal sanction to the right of labor unions to organize and strike, and to use other forms of economic leverage in dealings with management.
3. C
gner Act, officially National Labor Relations Act (1935), the single most important piece of labour legislation enacted in the United States in the 20th century. It was enacted to eliminate employers
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