Who
This group worked long hours in factories and railroads.
Who were workers?
This happened after wages were cut repeatedly.
What was a strike?
This word means an unfair difference between rich and poor.
What is inequality?
This period is known as the Gilded Age.
What is the late 1800s?
This result came from workers organizing together.
What were labor unions?
This group controlled factories, railroads, and machines.
Who were industrialists?
This resulted from unsafe working conditions.
What were injuries?
This word describes the work done by factory and railroad workers.
What is labor?
This year marked a major railroad strike.
What is 1877?
This cause led to long-term labor reforms.
What were labor conflicts?
This group demanded higher wages and safer conditions.
Who were labor unions?
This problem made workers angry and frustrated.
What was inequality?
This happens when workers stop working to protest conditions.
What is a strike?
This country experienced widespread labor conflict.
What is the United States?
This led to strikes across the country.
What were low wages and unsafe conditions?
This group was sent to break up strikes.
Who were government troops or militias?
This showed government support for business owners.
What was sending troops to stop strikes?
This process caused factories and machines to grow in the late 1800s.
What is industrialization?
These areas depended on railroads and factories.
What were urban/industrial areas?
This single word explains low wages, unsafe conditions, strikes, and government response.
What is inequality?
This group often benefited the most from industrialization.
Who were investors and business owners
This event showed nationwide labor unrest.
What was the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
This word means an unfair difference between rich and poor.
What is inequality?
This era followed the Civil War.
.What is Reconstruction/Gilded Age?
This happened because the government sided with businesses.
What was violence during strikes?