the Knights of Labor
a. Identification- The only broad-based labor that survived that depression, founded in 1860 by Philiadelphia garment cutters.
b. Significance- They welcomed women, African-Americans, immigrants, and all unskilled and semi-skilled workers while all the other trade unions would only hire skilled workers.
the Haymarket riot
a. Identification- One of the most violent incidents of labor unrest in the late nineteenth century. A fight fought between the police the labor groups.
b. Significance- A bomb exploded at Haymarket Square toward the police killing 7 and injuring 67.
the American Federation of Labor
a. Identification- The major workers' organization led by Samuel Gompers an alliance of national craft unions which had about 140,000 members.
b. Significance- A growing organization that used money it recieved for a fund to aid people on strike.
the Homestead strike
a. Identification- Henry C. Frick shut down his plant due to a strike against the pay cuts and then he hired 300 guards to fight off the strikers
b. Significance- That this is just one of the many strikes the workers had for pay cuts and the amount of time they work however this was of one that was more significant due to the fact that the boss hired guards to keep the strikers away.
the Pullman strike
a. Identification- The owner of the Pullman business, George Pullman, ran a plant which had a school, bank, the water and gas systems and when people began to protest to being stuck in a kind of Pullman town he shut down the plant. Then when the employees began to strike he called in the troops to crush the stike.
b. Significance- The significance is that the troops had to go to the Pullman factory to break up the strike against George Pullman.
Eugene V. Debs
a. Identification- Part of the Union which is a charismatic young organizer that lead the Pullman and voted to aid the strikers by refusing to handle all Pullman cars.
b. Significance- He is significant because he lead the Pullman workers however was thrown into jail for six-months for leading the workers against George Pullman and starting a strike.
the Industrial Workers of the World
a. Identification- The women and African Americans and workers at plants that were going on strike for pay cuts and the working conditions.
b. Significance- This showed that they were revolting against the rules of the owners of businesses for farness.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Industrial Revolution Unions
Andrew Carnegie- A man that was one of the first individual moguls to make his own fortune.
Social Darwinism- Some observation that some individuals of a species florish and pass their traits along to the next generation, while others do not.
John D. Rockefeller- Established the Standard Oil Company, took a different approach to merges: they joined with competing companies in trust agreements.
Sherman Antitrust Act- Made it illegal to form a trust that interferered with free trade between states and other countries.
Samuel Gompers- Led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join with other craft unions in 1866.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)- Focused on collective bargaining to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and work conditions.
Eugene V. Debs- Attempted to form such an industial union-the American Railway
Industrial Workers of the World- Radiclists which included miners, lumberers, and cannery and dock workers.
Mary Harris Jones- Perhaps the most prominent organizer in the women's labor movement.
Social Darwinism- Some observation that some individuals of a species florish and pass their traits along to the next generation, while others do not.
John D. Rockefeller- Established the Standard Oil Company, took a different approach to merges: they joined with competing companies in trust agreements.
Sherman Antitrust Act- Made it illegal to form a trust that interferered with free trade between states and other countries.
Samuel Gompers- Led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join with other craft unions in 1866.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)- Focused on collective bargaining to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and work conditions.
Eugene V. Debs- Attempted to form such an industial union-the American Railway
Industrial Workers of the World- Radiclists which included miners, lumberers, and cannery and dock workers.
Mary Harris Jones- Perhaps the most prominent organizer in the women's labor movement.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Expansion of Industry
What were the three major factors that contributed to the immense technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War? Explain how two of these factors helped to bring about this technological boom.
The three major factors that contributed to the immence technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War were a wealth of natural resources, government support for business, and a growing urban population that provided both cheap labor and markets for new products.
The way the wealth of natural resources helped to bring about this technological boom was because once removing oil from the Earth's surface became practical they began to use it instead of petrolium-refining and gasoline. The second factor that contributed to the immence technological boom was the growing urban population that provided both cheap labor and markets for new products that helped to bring about this technological boom because of the invention of the typewriter which helped the many workers from the backbreaking labor and helped improve workers' standard of life because if cut down the hours of work 10 hours and then the workers that had no longer had work then had jobs working in the marketplace.
The three major factors that contributed to the immence technological boom that took place in the United States after the Civil War were a wealth of natural resources, government support for business, and a growing urban population that provided both cheap labor and markets for new products.
The way the wealth of natural resources helped to bring about this technological boom was because once removing oil from the Earth's surface became practical they began to use it instead of petrolium-refining and gasoline. The second factor that contributed to the immence technological boom was the growing urban population that provided both cheap labor and markets for new products that helped to bring about this technological boom because of the invention of the typewriter which helped the many workers from the backbreaking labor and helped improve workers' standard of life because if cut down the hours of work 10 hours and then the workers that had no longer had work then had jobs working in the marketplace.
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