Unions and Strikes Blended Learning

Follow the steps and links below to learn about the first labor unions and major strikes in US History.

1.) Open the PDF file below called Unions. As you read the text, answer the questions on the Union Worksheet you can also download below.

2.) Next, open the Major Strikes PDF and fill in the strike table you can download below.

3.) Once you have completed both worksheets, jot down answers to the following questions. Then, compose responses to them and submit them via the online worksheet.

a.) How might have the ideas of social Darwinism and laissez-faire contributed to the public's perception of unions and the great strikes?

b.) Whose side did government take in the great strikes? Why did they take this side?

c.) Where the unions and strikes successful at changing working conditions during this era? Why or why not?