ProCon’s Workweek Quiz
- Question: Which U.S. president reduced the workday to eight hours for federal workers?
- Answer: On May 19, 1869, Ulysses S. Grant released “Proclamation 182—Eight Hour Work Day for Employees of the Government of the United States,” which limited government “laborers, workmen, and mechanics” to eight-hour workdays.
- Question: Which of the following is true about the “996 workweek”?
- Answer: All of these are associated with the controversial 996 workweek.
- Question: Which of the following was commonly associated with work in the 19th century?
- Answer: All of these were common in the 19th century.
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument against the four-day workweek?
- Answer: This is a common argument against the four-day workweek.
- Question: The five-day (in-person, on-site) 40-hour workweek remained standard in the United States until which event?
- Answer: The five-day (in-person, on-site) 40-hour workweek remained standard until the COVID-19 pandemic (beginning in March 2020), when working at home with flexible hours became commonplace.
- Question: Which of the following contributed to worker exploitation?
- Answer: All of these fostered worker exploitation.
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument in favor of the four-day workweek?
- Answer: This is a common argument in favor of the four-day workweek.
- Question: Which American industrialist famously instituted the eight-hour workday and the five-day workweek for his employees?
- Answer: Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, popularized the eight-hour workday and the five-day workweek.
