Survival of the Fittest, Rich people get richer, poor stay poor, natural selection- do not interrupt the process. No helping the poor etc.
100
What is a Yellow Dog Contract?
A written contract between employers and employees in which the employees sign an agreement that they will not join a union while working for the company
100
Was the first national labor union created in America.
National Trades Union. (NLU)
100
Riot in which a bomb was set off!
HayMarket Riot!!
200
Who worked in the factories?
People, Children, Immigrants, Women.
200
Who was the president of the American Federation of Labor.
Samuel Gomper
200
What did Pinkerton do?
Break off strikes, kill protesters, police force.
200
Which Union was the most successful with the most people?
American Federation of Labor. (AFL)
200
Who broke off strikes?
Pinkertons, president cleaveland.
300
Describe Factories!
Factories were hot, cold, little space, dark.
300
Which union was blamed for the Haymarket Riot?
The Knights of Labor
300
Who did factory workers hired to protect their fatories?
Security!!
300
Labor union or unions against chinese people.
The Knights of Labor, the National Labor Union.
300
What is a wildcat strike?
When labor unions go on strike without official authority.
400
What was dangerous about working in the factories?
Too hot, to cold, really noisy, standing up for a long time,
400
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Forbidded all union activity that stopped railroad traffic.
400
What is a Scab Worker?
New immigrants who would replace strikers and work for less pay. Often violence would erupt between strikers and scabs.
400
What was the least successful labor union?
The National Labor Union
400
What strike happened in 1894?
Pullman Strike
500
How was life in company towns?
It was segregated, and closed.
500
What were the railroads unions boycotting?
Pullman Cars
500
What`s a boycott?
When people refused to buy a product until their demands are met.
500
Who drew "The Hand That Will Rule The World"?
Ralph Chaplin
500
Why did the Haymarket strike happened?
They wanted an 8 hour workday. But then police attacked and the Haymarket riot happened.