Workers in America
Union Organizations
Major Strikes
100
What type of workers were in high demand because of Industry growth and machinery?
Women, immigrants, and children.
100
What type of workers were welcomed in the Noble and Holy Order of the Nights of Labor union?
All except chinese.
100
About what percent of strikes gained something?
About 1/2
200
What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act do?
It kept workers from coming together to discuss health and safety conditions.
200
What did the National Labor Union accomplish?
8-hour work day, and got the Contract Labor Law repealed.
200
What was America's first nationwide strike?
Great railroad strike of 1877.
300
what is a "wage slave?"
people that were stuck working low income jobs out of desperation (they had no way to leave).
300
What did the Commonwealth v. Hunt ruling legalize?
forming unions and going on strike.
300
During what strike did the government use injunction for the first time?
The Pullman Palace Car Strike.
400
What percent of Americans owned 3/4 of the nations wealth?
10%
400
What happened when police got involved in the May Day Strikes?
some officers and civilians were killed and 100 wounded.
400
What did the Homestead Plant Strike prove?
That employers could break up unions if they took the right measures.
500
Before unions were created what happened to workers that protested?
They were replaced with cheaper workers.
500
Why could the American Federation of Labor strike for long periods of times?
They kept a fund so they could still get paid during strikes.
500
During what two strikes did owners hire the Pinkerton Detective Agency to deal with the strike?
The Anthracite coal strike and the Homestead Plant strike.
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