We Will Not Work!
People would come together and demand for better pay, less hours, and safer working conditions.
What are labor unions?
This captain of industry was at one point the richest man in America. He founded the well known oil company, Standard Oil.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Were work conditions safe for children?
NO!
What would people get to persuade someone to buy a good or service?
What is Advertizing?
Organized by Samuel Gompers, this group would use strikes, boycotts and negotiations to get better working conditions.
What is the AFL?
This captain of industry was based in Pennsylvania. He wanted to create the most profitable steel mill in America.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
These occurred every day for all workers. They range from minor inconveniences to death.
What are injuries?
What changed the business of farming forever?
What is Mechanization?
True or False
The labor unions did nothing to help get better wages & hours.
This captain of industry had a profitable ferry business at 14. Three decades later, he owned a vast fleet of steam ships and railroads.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
How many hours would kids young as first graders work everyday?
What is 12 hours?
Where would people get the cash needed to pay for a big purchase?
What are bank loans?
After cutting worker's wages and paying more money to shareholders, railroad workers go on strike. It is known at the ________________
Railroad Strike of 1877.
This captain of industry followed in his father's footsteps and became a banker. His bank still exists to this day.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
Children had to quit their education to work in ________ and support their families.
What are factories?
What is the name of the most known scythe?
What is the Virginian Cyrus McCormicks reaper?
This strike had people refuse work that involved any of these train cars. Across the country, 125,000 workers quit instead of work with these types of train cars.
What was the Pullman Strike?
This captain of industry had the largest house in America built for him. Biltmore still stands to this day.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
How many years did it take to put the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) in effect?
What is more than 30 years?
What 5 inventions made a sweeping change in America between 1870 and 1914?
What are railroads, steamships, telephone, electricity, and automobiles?