Reference no: EM13696783

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