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chapter 18/
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| invented by Thomas Edison in 1879 it helped Night shift, safer streets, “ more hours” to the day | light bulb |
| invented by Thomas Edison used for education and listening to music | Phonograph |
| invented by Christopher sholes , used to write and record transactions. | typewriter |
| invented by Alexander Graham Bell used to help businesses sell more, consumers buy more, military communication, families saying in touch | telephone |
| a factory or workshop, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions | Sweatshop |
| an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. ( Power in Numbers ) | Labor Union |
| negotiation of wages and other conditions between a union and their employer ( Contracts ) | Collective Bargaining |
| a refusal to work organized by a unions ,as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain better conditions from their employer. | Strike |
| 1911 Tragic Fire in NYC that serves as a wake up call for government. Many fire safety and workplace safety laws were created after this event. | Triangle Fire |
| protect workers and fight for higher wages, shorter hours, safer/better working conditions | Unions |
| -Formed by clothing workers in 1869 -Leader Terence Powderly rejected the use of strikes -Allowed men, women, and immigrants to join -For skilled or unskilled workers -Early 1880s, the most powerful union in the US | Knights of Labor |
| Samuel Gompers formed it in 1886 -Used Collective Bargaining to improve conditions -only skilled workers could join -Did not allow African Americans or immigrants to join -Quickly became the strongest union in the US | American Federation of Labor |
| rapid growth of population | Urbanization |
| these are buildings divided into many tiny apartment ( low income housing ) | Tenement |
| this is a center offering help the urban poor | Settlement House |
| Famine Poverty Religious Persecution War Harsh Dictator or Leader | Push Factors |
| Democracy -Freedom of Speech / Religion -Land -Jobs - “the streets are paved in gold” - education | Pull Factors |
| hands off” Govt. does not regulate business. This allowed big business to grow. | Laissez Faire |
| no laws protecting workers | No Labor laws |
| -NYC -March, 1911 -140+ killed -Mostly women -Public/government begin to wake up new laws protecting workers. | Triangle Fire |
| Immigrant | a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence |
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