Q: Who was the first woman ever appointed to a Cabinet position?

Answer: a) Frances Perkins, who served from 1933 - 1945. DOL has had more women serve as Secretary — six (including Frances Perkins, Ann L. McLaughlin, Elizabeth H. Dole, Lynn M. Martin, Alexis M. Herman, and Elaine L. Chao) — than any other Cabinet department.

Q: What existing DOL sub-agency actually pre-dates the Department?

Answer: b) The Bureau of Labor Statistics (then the Bureau of Labor) was established on June 27, 1884 by a bill signed by President Chester A. Arthur. The Bureau was originally in the Department of Interior.

Q: In the 1920s, what was the most important Labor Department concern?

Answer: c) Immigration. DOL had the responsibility to administer the many immigration laws passed in the 1920's. Originally in DOL, the Immigration and Naturalization Service was transferred to the Department of Justice in 1940.

Q: Which Secretary of Labor served under three Presidents? Who were the Presidents?

Answer: d) James J. Davis, the second Secretary of Labor. The Presidents were Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover.