Pennsylvania State University, World Campus – Labour Relations LER 458Y/LER401

Pennsylvania State University, World Campus – Labour Relations LER 458Y/LER401

What prevented Frank Smith from becoming a naturalized citizen, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “We Ought to Have the Right to Belong to the Union”?

Why did the middle-class or upper class housewife need scientific management in the mistress-servant relationship, according to the essayist in the excerpt from the primary source document, “The New Housekeeping”?

In the excerpt from the primary source document, “The Men Seem To Be Pretty Well Satisfied,” John Anderson described many of the strikers at his workplace as:

Who trounced the industrialists during the 1920s and received blame for the Great Depression, according to some interpretations?

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) failed to capitalize on organizing millions of workers when many of them were militant between 1919 and 1923. What were the reasons for the AFL’s failure and even its own shrinkage in membership?

Why would W.M. Mink be worried about Bolshevism, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “It is entirely the Bolshevik spirit”?

What caused the servant problem, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “The New Housekeeping”?

What was John Martin hinting when he said the Americans on the workforce wanted to return to work, according to the excerpt. “We Do not  understand the foreigners”?

The massive steel strike of 1919 was one of numerous strikes that occurred in that year. The years 1919 through 1923 were very turbulent in American and world history. Beside massive labor unrest throughout the industrialized world and ethnic ad racial clashes in the United States and other nations, revolutions erupted in Russia, Germany, Hungary, and elsewhere, and colonial subjects demonstrated for independence in Asia and Africa. Which ideology did many American political and economic leaders believe motivated such unrest?

Wat was John Martin describing when he talked about his steel company offering evening school classes for its immigrant employees, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “We do not understand the foreigners”?

Which of the following was not a significant aspect of labor’s experience in the year following Armistice?

In the excerpt from the primary source document, “The men seem to be pretty well satisfied,” John Anderson’s attitudes represented which tendencies?

What were the three ethical principles of scientific management, according to the essayist in the excerpt from the primary source document, “The new housekeeping”?

What was indicated when more than 300,000 steelworkers went on strike, according to George Miller in the excerpt from the primary source document, “We did not have enough money”?

What precisely was the housewife describing when talking about implementing things for her servant that were equivalent to industrial employers offering reading rooms, clubs, social centers, and so forth to their employers, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “The New Housekeeping”?

Who were the strikers, according to manager W.M. Mink in the excerpt from the primary source document, “It is entirely the Bolshevik spirit”?

What was the most salient reason for the strike, according to striker George Miller in the excerpt from the primary source document, “We did not have enough money”?

What was the strike about, according to manager W.M. Mink in the excerpt from the primary source document, “It is entirely the Bolshevik spirit”?

What did Katy the servant mean when she said that the new changes implemented by her scientific management-oriented employer were acceptable, but not satisfying, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “The new housekeeping”?

In the excerpt from the primary source document, “the men seem to be pretty well satisfied,” Scottish-born John Anderson equated himself as an American because he:

Spoke English, became an American citizen, and assimilated into (Anglo) American

Who were most responsible for getting companies to implement scientific management and welfare capitalism, as illustrated in lesson 07 commentary?

What did efficiency rewards for domestic servants mean, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “the new housekeeping”?

What did the steel company fail to do, according to George Miller in the excerpt primary source document, “we did not have enough money”?

Why did the senator want to know if strikers had purchased liberty bonds or contributed to the red cross or the young men’s Christian association during the first world war, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “we ought to have the right to belong to the union”?

What did scientific management mean to the housewife who wanted to deal with her servant problem, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “the new housekeeping”?

Ford motor company and other, mainly industrial, corporations practiced Fordism during the 1920s, achieving some degree of industrial peace through high wages, welfare capitalism, scientific management, social workers, company spies, and anti-union security men. But what did Fordism fail to accomplish?

What was the strike about, according to manager W.M. Mink in the excerpt from the primary source document, “it is entirely the Bolshevik spirit”?

What was John Martin describing when he talked about his steel company offering homebuilding program for its employees, according to the excerpt from the primary source document, “we do not understand the foreigners”?