Study Guide for Chapter 14 Labor?s Response to Industrialism Key Content Terms Define and explain the significance of each Key Content Term. Working class Child labor American Federation of Labor (AFL) Haymarket Affair Homestead Strike Pullman Strike Key Content Questions Consult History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals and your reading notes to answer the following questions. Summarize the effects of industrialization on the living and working conditions of the working class. What factors led to the formation of early labor unions? Historically, labor unions have focused on which three ?bread-and-butter? objectives? Identify tactics that business owners and management used to undermine unions. Discuss the impact that the major strikes of the late 1800s had on unions.