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USA's Labor Day Holiday Trivia Quiz

As of 2025, the United States of America and Canada were the only countries that celebrated a Labor Day holiday for its citizens. What do you know about the United States version?

A multiple-choice quiz by HumblePie7. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
HumblePie7

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
417,511

Updated
Jun 13 25

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is "Labor Day" in the USA a celebration of? Hint

End of slavery

American workers

The 'American Dream'

"Career Opportunities" by The Clash

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Question 2 of 10

2. On what date was the first Labor Day parade and holiday celebrated in the USA? Hint

Monday, September 5, 1902

Monday, September 5, 1888

Tuesday, September 5, 1882

Tuesday, September 12, 1912

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the 19th century, how many hours was the average workday for Americans? Hint

6-hour workday

8-hour workday

12-hour workday

On call 24/7

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what year was Labor Day signed into law by the US president? Hint

1904

1924

1914

1894

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Question 5 of 10

5. Labor Day is the unofficial last day of the summer season. Labor Day is also the unofficial first day of what other season in the USA? Hint

MLB season

Season of the Witch

Deer hunting season

National Football League season (NFL)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who first proposed a Labor Day holiday for American workers? Hint

Peter G. Falkner

Peter J. McQuire

Abraham Lincoln

Edgar J. Hoover

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Question 7 of 10

7. The origins of Labor Day are still disputed.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Labor Day weekend also marks the unofficial end of what according to the fashion industry? Hint

Wearing silver

Wearing shorts and sandals

Wearing white

Wearing red

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first US State to make Labor Day an official public holiday? Hint

New York

California

Wisconsin

Oregon

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Question 10 of 10

10. What president signed Labor Day into law making it a federal holiday? Hint

President Franklin Roosevelt

President Chester Arthur

President Lyndon Johnson

President Grover Cleveland

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is "Labor Day" in the USA a celebration of?

Answer: American workers

The trade unions and labor movements proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor, laborers, and labor achievements. The Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor had the first parade. The parade was held in New York City.

2. On what date was the first Labor Day parade and holiday celebrated in the USA?

Answer: Tuesday, September 5, 1882

The Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor had the first parade. The parade was held in New York City.

3. In the 19th century, how many hours was the average workday for Americans?

Answer: 12-hour workday

Prior to the 19th century, a typical workday for a laborer in the USA lasted up to 11-12 hours and could have been as long as 16 hours. Enslaved people had a typical 16-hour workday. The workers often worked 7-day work weeks.

4. In what year was Labor Day signed into law by the US president?

Answer: 1894

In the United States, a September holiday called Labor Day was first proposed in the early 1880s. However, it wasn't until 1894 that it was signed into law.

5. Labor Day is the unofficial last day of the summer season. Labor Day is also the unofficial first day of what other season in the USA?

Answer: National Football League season (NFL)

Labor Day is generally considered the end of summer due to the beginning of primary and secondary school fall sessions. The majority of schools start late August, early September.

6. Who first proposed a Labor Day holiday for American workers?

Answer: Peter J. McQuire

Records show that in 1882, Peter J. McGuire, the general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, came up with the idea of creation of a general holiday for the laboring classes.

7. The origins of Labor Day are still disputed.

Answer: True

Matthew McGuire, no relation to Peter, held some political beliefs that were considered fairly radical for the day, but he also proposed a Labor day. Allegedly, Samuel Gompers and his American Federation of Labor did not want Labor Day to become associated with Matthew's "radical" politics, thus Gompers' close friend Peter J. McGuire was assigned the credit for the origination of Labor Day. Gompers was a force in the labor union history.

A grade school was named after him in Madison, Wisconsin. In the 1980s, the school was renamed Blackhawk.

8. Labor Day weekend also marks the unofficial end of what according to the fashion industry?

Answer: Wearing white

It has been a fashion rule since the Gilded Age for primarily women of no wearing of white after Labor Day. Culturally the rule has been passed down by grandmothers, fashion magazines, and teenage girls for generations.

9. What was the first US State to make Labor Day an official public holiday?

Answer: Oregon

Oregon was the first state of the United States to make Labor Day an official public holiday. Municipal ordinances were passed first in 1885 and 1886. A larger movement followed. New York was the first state to introduce a Bill, but Oregon was the first to pass a Law recognizing Labor Day in 1887.

10. What president signed Labor Day into law making it a federal holiday?

Answer: President Grover Cleveland

On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.

Source: Author HumblePie7

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