what is ths?
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
what is nativism
an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
who is Eugene Debs?
a 1,912-mile continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
what is Transcontinental Railroad?
a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader, and a key figure in American labor history. founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924.
who is Samuel Gompers?
a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort.
what is the Bessemer Process?
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
what is a tenement?
an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She helped coordinate major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World.
who is Mary Harris Jones?
the population shift from rural to urban areas, the decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
what is Urbanization?
an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history.
who is John D. Rockefeller?
the standardized time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840, the first recorded occasion when different local mean times were synchronized and a single standard time applied.
what is Railroad Time?
a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
what is a sweatshop?
a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.
who is Alexander Graham Bell?
when a business grows by acquiring a similar company in their industry at the same point of the supply chain.
when a business expands by acquiring another company that operates before or after them in the supply chain.
what is a Horizontal/Vertical Integration?
an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace.
who is Jane Addams?
a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
what is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
public transportation, especially in an urban area.
what is mass transit?
a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist.led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire.
who is Andrew Carnegie?
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices.
what is Robber Barons?
an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business.
who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour work day, the day after police killed one and injured several workers.
what is the Haymarket Affair?
an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. The battle was a pivotal event in U.S. labor history.
what is the homestead strike?
an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City.
who is J.P. Morgan?
a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor.
what is the American Federation of Labor?
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
what is the Labor Union?