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Labor Day Quiz
December 24, 2020
</p> <section> <h2> <p>Labor Day Quiz</p> </h2> <p><p><em>By Eric D. Pullin</em></p> <p></p> <p>Labor Day, which marks the “unofficial” end of summer, occurs annually on the first Monday in September. Observed for more than a century in the United States, this national holiday “celebrates and honors the greatest worker in the world — the American worker,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor.</p> <p></p> <p>The quiz below, from the <a href="www.ashbrook.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ashbrook Center</a> at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the American labor movement and the history of Labor Day.</p> <p></p> <p><em>Eric Pullin is an Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Carthage College and honored visiting graduate faculty in Ashbrook’s Master of Arts in American History and Government Program.</em></p> </p> </section> <section> <h2> <h4><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">In what year did Labor Day become a U.S. national holiday?</span></h4> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h4><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">What was the name of the character who symbolized the working women of World War II in the famous “We Can Do It!” campaign?</span></h4> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Which was the first U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">According to the Department of Labor, in which country was the first Labor Day celebrated?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">According to the Department of Labor, in which city did the first American celebration of Labor Day occur?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">Which organization planned the first Labor Day celebration in the United States?<span class="ql-cursor"></span></span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">Who was the leader of the American Railway Union during the Pullman Strike?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <p><p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">Which types of unions are regulated by the National Labor Relations Board, established in 1935?</span></p> </p> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">Which congressional act banned union contributions to political candidates?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); background-color: transparent;">Walter Reuther was the fourth president of which labor union?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>
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