REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What are the goals of labor unions and how might they differ from the goals of owners/managers of
businesses? What process do you think would be the best way to meet the needs of both groups?
2.
In the nineteenth century, what did workers give up by joining labor unions? What did they gain?
3. How was the situation of skilled workers different from that of unskilled workers?
4. How did the job outlook change for middle class and white-collar workers in the late nineteenth
century?
5. What were the main labor unions in America during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and how
did they differ from one another? Which one(s) seemed to be most/least successful and why?
6. Review the Supreme Court decisions described in the essay. Which decisions show the greatest
influence of Progressives?
7. In what ways was the outlook and agenda of Progressives in tension with the Founders' approach
to the proper role of government?
8. What government actions show the influence of progressivism and support for the labor movement
following 1900?
9. What is welfare capitalism, and how did it change the expectations that workers held with respect
to their jobs?