This was the first major national labor union that takes its name from medieval times
What is Knights of Labor
100
This tactic is used by labor when all attempts at negotiation fail.
What is a Strike
100
The largest of all monopolies was Standard Oil Co. that was owned by this man:
What is John D. Rockefellor
200
Along with immigrants from Europe many of these people were moving to cities because of new inventions where they had previously lived made them unnecessary
What is farm laborers
200
Immigrants who came to US AFTER 1880 were from this area of Europe:
Name a country these New Immigrants would be from
What is South East Europe
Italy, Poland, Russia, Greece, Slovak countries
200
This Union allowed skilled workers and initially did not allow African Americans and is still around today
What is American Federation of Labor
200
Labor Unions were originally formed for these 3 reasons:
What is:
1. better pay
2. better working conditions
3. shorter hours
200
Monopolies are designed to eliminate this:
What is Competition
300
This new technological process for making steel made it possible to build multi-floor buildings (Carnegie later purchased this process
What is Bessemer process
300
Most Irish came as a result of this:
What is Potato Famine
300
The Union was broken at Homestead which is located just south of this tough U.S. city
What is Pittsburg
300
Which side (Management or Labor) won each of these early strikes
Railroad Strike of 1877
Homestead Steel strike of 1892
Pullman Strike of 1894
What is
1. Management
2. Management
3. Management
300
Carnegie used the Bessemer Process to make a fortune in this business:
What is Steel
400
This robber baron (known as the Commodore) founded a large New Orleans university (SEC). He was famous for hooking together and modernizing RR lines (his daughter made jeans and his grandson reports the news).
What is Vanderbilt
400
German immigrants who came to the US in the 1840s came as a result of this:
What is the German Revolution
400
This program was initially established to help the elderly during the Great Depression (1935)
What is Social Security
400
When members of a Union go on strike often times these replacement workers are hired
What is scabs
400
Name 2 legalized monopolies:
What is Verizon (local)
Time Warner Cable
NYSEG
500
Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland and Bennington are all in this state
What is Vermont
500
This was the decade in history in which the most immigrants arrived in the U.S.
What is 1900-1909
500
This Union that allowed only workers of a single industry merged with the AF of L in 1955:
What is Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO)
500
Often times when there is a labor dispute workers encourage consumers NOT to buy from a pariticular company. This tactic is referred to as a:
What is a boycott
500
This scientific philosophy was applied to business and foreign policy in the late 1800s: