Chapter 16

Quiz for Document 16-2: Terence Powderly, Thirty Years of Labor (1889)

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Question 1

How do Terence Powderly’s beliefs about wealth compare to those of Andrew Carnegie (Document 16-1)?A. Both men agree that the wealth that flows from industrial capitalism should be distributed equitably among the American people.
B. Carnegie believes industrialists create and deserve wealth; Powderly believes producers create and deserve to share in wealth.
C. Carnegie believes that producers create and deserve wealth; Powderly believes industrialists create and deserve to share in wealth.
D. Both men believe that wealth has had a negative impact on American society and the working class.

Question 2

Which of the following statements best summarizes the Knights of Labor’s platform on immigration and free trade?A. Continuing unregulated immigration and trade will benefit everyone.
B. Immigrants are brother and sister laborers to be respected, but free trade hurts our wages.
C. Immigration of cheap labor must be ended and trade treaties abrogated.
D. The Knights of Labor have no interest in foreign policy matters such as immigration and trade.

Question 3

Powderly’s Knights of Labor platform position on gender relations among laborers called forA. equal pay for equal work.
B. higher pay for male breadwinners.
C. returning women to their place in the home.
D. segregation of males and females.

Question 4

What, according to Powderly, is the greatest danger to society created by the continued inequality of wealth in the United States?A. Communist agitation and revolution
B. Destruction of republican social and political institutions
C. Racial tensions and violence
D. Spread of hunger and disease