Key Terms
What is a group of workers who join together collectively to protect their rights and improve their pay, hours, and working conditions at their job?
Labor Union
What is A hierarchical system of power that maintains control and enforces laws through government institutions like the military, police, courts and schools?
The State
What is a slow down?
Working as slowly as possible or to work as little as possible.
What is the use of violence, laws, or other forms of control by those in power to stop people from organizing, protesting, or demanding change?
Repression
What is An ideology advocating for the people to own the means of production and for economic equality among all workers?
Socialism
What is bringing people together to build unity, power and take action toward a shared goal.
Organizing
What are resources and tools used to produce goods and services, such as factories and machines?
Means of Production
Name the section of the state structure that has the following institutions: Police, Military, Prisons, Surveillance.
"Enforces the rules"
What are at least 3 kinds of direct action?
Protest, Strikes, & Boycotts (alternative answer slow downs)
What happened during the Haymarket Affair of 1886 in Chicago, where workers were striking for an 8-hour workday?
were attacked by police, leading to violent clashes.
What is a type of socialism which advocates for revolution by taking control of the state in order to then create a classless society?
Marxism
What are at least 3 examples of organizing?
Meetings/Conferences, Networking, and Spreading the message
What is a system of organization where people at the top have power and authority over those below them?
Hierarchy
Name the section of the state structure that has the following institutions: Local Gov't, Public Health, Schools, The Media
"Shapes everyday life"
What kind of action gave workers power over factory owners?
United Action
Fill in the blank:
Many governments treated unions as a __________
Threat to public order
What is a type of socialism advocating for revolution by ending all hierarchical systems, including the state, in favor of decentralized cooperation and equality?
Anarchism
*Difficult Question*
Why would debating ideas about how to get rid of capitalism be something important to have at the First International?
to create a fairer society.
What is a times in history when workers from different industries and backgrounds fight against similar exploitation and demand their rights?
Labor Movements
Name the section of the state structure that has the following institutions: Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court, President
"Make the rules"
What are at least 2 alternative forms of direct Action?
Shut downs and Mutual Aid
What is companies using agreements where workers promise that they will never join a union in exchange for employment?
Yellow- Dog Contracts
Fill in the blank.
Workers not only fought in the streets but also in ________.
ideas
What two key figures clashed at the First International?
Karl Marx and Mikhail Bakunin
What is a system of organization where power is shared among different people or groups, so that no single person or group has all the control?
Decentralization
2 possible answers Bonus question
Why do businesses and governments work together to stop worker movements?
Governments are heavily influenced or run by business leaders!
or
Businesses and governments see worker organizing as a threat to their power.
What are at least 3 reasons that workers of the 1800's participated in direct action?
Better Hours, Better Wages, and Safer Working Conditions
What policy made it illegal for workers to join labor unions?
The Combination Acts of 1799-1800's
What did socialists aim to abolish?
Capitalism
During the First International of 1864 workers, activists, and thinkers across European countries met because to organize so they can challenge what?
The power of the wealthy elites.