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Topic 2
Labor Unions, Immigration, Big Business, Urbanization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sweatshops | small factories where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay |
| company towns | communities in which residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and buying goods |
| collective bargaining | process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions |
| socialism | system under which production are publicly controlled and regulated rather than owned by individual business |
| Knights of Labor | labor union that sought to organize all workers and focused on broad social reforms |
| Terence V. Powderly | American Labor leader who lead Knights of Labor |
| Samuel Gompers | American Labor leader who lead the AFL |
| American Federation of Labor AFL | Labor union of SKILLED workers for specific trades not broad reform |
| Haymarket Riot | labor protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence |
| Homestead Strike | Strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Pennsylvania |
| Eugene V. Debs | Labor Organizer who was a social leader for advocated for rights of railway workers |
| Pullman Strike | Violent railway workers strike |
| What reason does this quote represent as a need to move to America? “My family was lucky. We survived the pogrom in our village in Russia. The Tsarist government acted in support of these anti-Jewish attacks”. | Religious persecution forced them out of Russia. |
| Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, all believed what about labor workers? | they did not deserve rights |
| Dozens of people were killed. The investigators never found the person responsible for throwing the bomb. 8 members of an Anarchist Party were tried for conspiracy to commit murder resulting in 4 men being hung. Which event is this talking about | Haymarket Riot |
| At the end of the 19th century, what is the first safe form of mass transit in cities | electric cable cars |
| “Americanization” policy of the late 1800s for the American Indians did what | took away their native culture |
| How did farmers Adapt to life on the Great Plains | they used steel plows, windmills, dry farming, and used barbed wire fences |
| Which activity shows a patriotic tendency to support the American economy | regulate monopolies |
| What was a factor that drew the farmers to the cities | Industry and better jobs/wages |
| During the Gilded Age, technological innovations led to | to greater wealth and more leisure time, resulting in a notable and increased in the standard of living for the middle class |
| How did settlement houses help new immigrants | provided assistance for immigrants to assimilate into American culture |
| Vertical integration | when a company controls multiple stages of its production or distribution process within a single industry |
| Horizontal integration | a business strategy where a company merges with or acquires other companies that sell the same product |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act made what action illegal | creating large business and eliminating competition |
| Why were most children uneducated in the 1800-1900 | they could not attend school because of long working hours |
| How did Ellis Island differ from Angel Island | European Immigrants left Ellis Island within hours; Chinese immigrants often remained at Angel Island for weeks |
| Social Darwinism | economic survival of the fittest |
| What was the difference between the ways European Immigrants and Asian Immigrants | They could not own property, testify in state courts, or become citizens |
| Why was Bessemer Steel important in the 1800-1900 | it was used in the production of skyscrapers |
| Why did workers accept the poor working wages and conditions of the 1800-1900 | they were easily replaceable |
| Which group of immigrants were most persecuted against in this time period | Asians |
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