Q 01/05

Which 1938 law created the American right to a minimum wage?

A) The Taft-Hartley Act

B) The Wagner Act

C) The Social Security Act

D) The Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer · why

D) The Fair Labor Standards Act

The Fair Labor Standards Act set a 25-cent hourly floor after the Supreme Court had struck down the New Deal's earlier wage rules.

Q 02/05

What overtime rate does US federal law require after 40 hours a week?

A) Straight time

B) Time-and-a-quarter

C) Time-and-a-half

D) Double time

Answer · why

C) Time-and-a-half

Time-and-a-half kicks in after 40 hours a week, but the law's many exemptions leave some workers with no overtime right at all.

Q 03/05

What federal minimum wage took effect in the US in July 2009?

A) $1.60 an hour

B) $3.35 an hour

C) $7.25 an hour

D) $15.00 an hour

Answer · why

C) $7.25 an hour

$7.25 an hour is still the federal floor as of 2026, and after inflation it buys far less than the minimum did at its 1968 peak.

Q 04/05

On which day is American Labor Day held?

A) The first of May

B) The first Monday of May

C) The first Monday of September

D) The last Friday of August

Answer · why

C) The first Monday of September

The first Monday of September caught on as a workers' holiday state by state before Congress made it a federal holiday in 1894.

Q 05/05

Which president signed Labor Day into federal law in 1894?

A) Benjamin Harrison

B) Grover Cleveland

C) William McKinley

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer · why

B) Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland signed the Labor Day law on June 28, 1894, and his government then sent troops to Chicago to break the Pullman strike.