Triangle shirtwaist
Union Vocab.
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100

What brought immigrants to America?

Natural disaster or prosecution

100

Employees refuse to work.

Strike.

100

Celebration in New York city recognizing those who stood up for workers rights that later became a national holiday. 

Labor day.

100

Low wages, long hours, and bad conditions.

Sweatshops.

200

How many stitches per minute can a girl with a electric sewing machine make?

3,000

200

Paid guards brought in to beat strikers.

Pinkerton's.

200

1911 disaster that led to the death of 146 people. Which later enforced laws towards factories.

Triangle Shirtwaist fire.

200

People who wanted to end government because it was seen as abusive.

Anarchists.

300

What changes took place as a result of the tragic fire?

Inspection of nearly 2,000 factories and set 30 new laws because of it. 

300

Organization of workers to negotiate working conditions as a group.

Union.

300

In 1877, owners lowered pay wages which caused a strike that was unsuccessful. The person responsible for this then later created ________ for this reason.

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

300

Unions eventually legally allowed to exist, and ______________ ended in the 1930's.

Child Labor.

400

What started the fire in the triangle factory?

A dropped cigarette.

400

Non-union replacement workers.

Scab.
400

What day is Labor day celebrated on?

Monday.

400

Inclusive women labor union on a national scale.

Knights of labor.

500
Why did the shirtwaist workers go on strike? 

A girl had gotten beaten up and later protested. 

500

Employers refuse to open the factory, etc.

Lock out.

500

The fate of the Triangle Shirtwaist owners after being accused of manslaughter.

Being let go/acquitted.

500

What is a mangle?

A machine to press laundry. 

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