Vocabulary
Early Unions
The struggle to organize
Working women
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100
This is a decline in the volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices
What is Deflation
100
These workers were the two types of basic workers in the 1800s
What are craft workers and common workers?
100
This is the first nationwide labor protest
What is the Great Railroad strike of 1877
100
In 1903 these two women labor organizers decided to establish a separate union for women
Who are Kenney O' Sullivan and Leonora O' Reilly
100
This building is called the tallest building in the world with its initial height at 2,722 ft
What is The Burj Khalifa
200
This is an organization of workers with the same trade or skill
What are trade unions?
200
A list of "troublemakers"
What is a Blacklist
200
This is the first nationwide industrial union
What are the Knights of Labor
200
These are the jobs women worked as in the 1900s
What are teachers, nurses, sales clerks, and secretaries
200
This is the top technology producer in the world
What is Apple
300
An organization of common laborers and craft workers in a particular industry
What is an Industrial Union?
300
These are workers that were hired to replace employees on strike
What are strikebreakers
300
The peak of the Knights success in 1886
What is the Haymarket Riot
300
This percentage made up the women labor force
What is 18%
300
This is the top automobile producer in the world
What is Toyota
400
A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work
What is a Lockout
400
He is the creator of Marxism
Who is Karl Marx
400
This is the first leader of the AFL
Who is Samuel Gompers
400
These are the things the Women's Labor Union League fought for (will accept several answers)
What are eight-hour work days, minimum wage, an end to evening work for women, and the abolition of child labor
400
These are common foods eaten in the U.S (Answers from a CNN Top 50 list)
What are Hot Dogs, Cheeseburgers, and Thanksgiving dinner
500
A theory of socialism in which a class struggle would exist until the workers were finally victorious, creating a classless victory
What is Marxism?
500
20 trade unions merged to form this Federation
What is the AFL (American Federation of Labor)
500
Railroad workers created this 1893 railway union
What is the ARU (American Railway Union)
500
This separate union is dedicated to promoting women's labor issues
What is the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL)
500
He is the best U.S. History teacher in the world with a great beard
Who is the great Mr. Hudgel
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