Chapter 4 Section 3 Test Questions – Flashcards
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Sweatshop
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Small hot dark and dirty workhouses
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Company town
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Communities hear workplaces where housing was owned by the business and rented out to employees
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Collective bargaining
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Negotiating as a group for higher wages or better working conditions
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Socialism
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An economic and political philosophy that favors public instead of private control of property and income
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Knights of labor
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Labor union that included workers of any trade skilled or unskilled
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Terrence v powderly
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The leader of the Knights of labor who encouraged boycotts and negotiations with employers
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Samuel Gompers
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Poor English immigrant who formed afl a skilled workers union
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AFl
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American federation of labor loose organization of skilled workers from many unions devoted to specific crafts or trades
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Hay market riot
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Labor protest in Chicago that ended in dozens of death when someone threw a bomb
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Homestead strike
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Pennsylvania steelworkers strike that resulted in violence between company police and strikers
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Eugene v debs
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Leader of American railway Union who eventually became a socialist
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Pullman strike
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Nationwide strike of rail workers that halted railroads and mail delivery
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How did working conditions affect families?
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Parents had to bring their kids to work Kids suffered stunted physical and mental growth
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AFL differences
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Made up of skilled workers only No women Higher wages Shorter hrs Improved conditions
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Knights of Labor
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Skilled and unskilled workers Men women immigrants African Americans Chinese Equal pay
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Why did workers increasingly turn to the strike as a tactic to win labor gains?
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Win labor battle because it was effective
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Describe the growth in the industrial workforce
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Abundance and natural resources to fuel industrial growth Immigrants coming into country for strong work force Liassez faire gov
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Cause of railroad strikes
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Response to cut in workers wages
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Effect of railroad strikes
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Set the scene for violent strikes to come
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Cause of hay market square
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Part of campaign to achieve an eight hour workday
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Effect of haymarket square
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Wary of labor unions Kol were blamed for riot Union activities were seen as violent
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Trend
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Course of events that occurred regularly
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Cause of Homestead strike
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Economic depression led to cuts in steelworkers wages
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Effect of homestead strike
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After losing standoff steelworker unions lost power throughout the country
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Cause of Pullman strike
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Wages cut without a decease in cost of living in company town
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Effect of Pullman strike
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Employers used the courts to limit the influence of unions
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civil war
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Encouraged production innovation and expansion of railroads
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Natural resources
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Ample natural resources including oil, fueled growth
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Growing workforce
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Immigrants willing to work for low wages
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Technology
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New technology and innovative businesses practices spurred growth
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Gov policies
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Encouraged investment in businesses and new tech
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Eugene v Debs
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Leader that called for nationwide strike against the Pullman company
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How did the goals of the Knights of labor differ from those of AFl?
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KOL didn't focus on specific workers issues like the AFL did
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American railroad Union
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Included rail workers conducted the Pullman strike
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National trades Union
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First national union open to workers from all trades
