Name:Adolfo Meneses, Raymond Sanon, Matthew Barskett, John Kavanagh

Consider Gompers’ classrooms when answering each of the questions that follows.  Also think about how apprentices connect to the questions.

1. In Gomper’s Autobiography, what apprenticeship skill did he learn?
   Answer: The autobiography by Gompers explains that he joined an  old loft that was a cigar shop in which he learned how to make cigars, all about Tabaco, and learned the ability to utilize wrappers to the best of his advantages to shave off the unusable to a hairbreadth to roll as to cover the holes in the leaves causing a prefect product
2. Was it a difficult skill?  Why or why not?
   Answer: The skill was not difficult for Gomper’s since a good cigar maker learned to do more or less mechanically .
3. Given the difficulty of the skill, what was he able to do during work?
   Answer: Due to Gomper being a good ciagr maker which led him have time to think, talk, listen, or sing
4. What does he mean when he says, “mind-freedom”?
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5. What sort of relationships did he have with his fellow workers?
   Answer: The relationships
6. During WWI, Gompers stepped back on his labor demands.  What kinds of concessions did he make?
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7. What important goal did Gompers hope to achieve with these concessions?
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8. What were some of the organizations Gompers presided over?
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9. In the speech at the end of the lesson, Gompers talks about “new relations.” Described what they are.
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