Conditions of the Working Class
A name for small factories in which employees worked extended hours under poor conditions for low wages.
What is sweatshop?
Groups formed by workers to protect the interests of its members. Most of these groups focused on higher wages, shorter hours, and improved working conditions.
What are labor unions?
A weapon used by labor unions when negotiations with business owners fail. This action oftentimes shut down factories, railroads, and mines.
What is a strike?
Built in 1892, this building was built on an island and was the port of entry for most European immigrants arriving in New York. People were examined here to ensure they were fit to enter the country.
What is Ellis Island Immigration Station?
Nativists' outcry against Chinese immigrants led to this act being passed. It prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers and prevented Chinese immigrant from becoming citizen.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
People who work for wages in factories, mills, mines, and other businesses, usually performing manual labor.
What is the working class?
DAILY DOUBLE
Labor unions often prosper when the economy is in this state.
What is strong?
The term for negations between employers and employee representatives concerning wages, working conditions, and other terms. This was often the first resort used by unions.
What is collective bargaining?
This term describes the policy of favoring the interests of native-born Americans over those of immigrants.
What is nativism?
This station was known as the "Ellis Island of the West."
What is Angel Island Immigration Station?
These run-down apartment buildings were cramped and often airless, allowing disease to flourish. Industrial workers often lived in these.
What are tenements?
The political theory that advocates ownership of the means of production by the common people, rather than by capitalists and landowners.
What is Socialism?
Unions successfully improved these two things for workers.
What are work hours and wages?
Europeans were pushed to immigrate to the United States because of these two factors.
(Any two out of these four) What are population growth, hunger, lack of arable land, and/or religion?
The percentage of Chinese migrants that were deported back to China.
What is 10 percent?
Factory owners designed this system to maximize outputs and profits. The system divided production into separate tasks, with one task assigned to each worker.
What is division of labor?
The name of the man that started the American Federation of Labor. This union focused on higher wages and shorter workdays.
Who is Samual Gompers?
The Haymarket Affair involved a meeting arranged by anarchists. It was largely peaceful until police officers stormed in to break up the meeting. A member threw this at the police officers.
What is a bomb?
This percent of all immigrants who came to Ellis Island were deported.
DAILY DOUBLE
In addition to the Chinese, Asian immigrants from Japan, Korea, and the Philippines also contributed greatly to this industry.
What is the farming/agriculture industry?
In fear of losing their jobs, workers put up with these two things.
What are poor working conditions and pay?
The nickname for members of the Industrial Workers of the World.
What is Wobblies?
The Homestead Strike occurred at this steel plant.
What is Carnegie Steel?
This act, passed by Congress in 1885, made it illegal for US employers to import foreigners as contract laborers.
What is the Foran Act?
The secret negotiations that limited Japanese laborer migration to the United States, but did allow the families of already successful Japanese immigrants to come to the United States is known as this.
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement?