Fight!
Group of workers who have banded together to fight for better working conditions.
UNION
Alexander Graham Bell invented
Telephone
Name for a business leader who makes lots of money but exploits worker or resources etc.
Robber Baron
Cause
Place where people work for long hours, in dangerous conditions, for low pay.
Sweatshop
A tactic used by workers where they all decided not to work in order to pressure employers to change their ways.
STRIKE
Thomas Edison Invented
First Practical Light bulb
He was a captain of industry in the steam boat and the railroad business
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Equipment used to make more goods; money used to make more money
Capital
This cause of the 2nd US industrial revolution allowed for huge businesses to be formed and huge amounts of capital to be raised.
Rise of corporations
Person who crosses a picket line to work when union members are on strike.
SCAB
George Westinghouse invented
Air Brakes
He built up his wealth in the steel business
Andrew Carnegie
Technique used for mass producing products. Henry Ford was famous for using it to make Model Ts.
Assembly line
In 1911, a devastating fire in this building resulted in public outcry for changes in working conditions.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Building
He was the leader of the American Railway Union during the Pullman Strike.
Eugene Debs
Henry Ford is remember in history because
he innovated with the use of the assembly line to mass produce the automobile
He was a robber baron who formed an oil monopoly
JD. Rockefeller
Abundant resources, growing transportation network of railroads, innovation in production, rise of corporations: these are all ...
Causes of 2nd US industrial Revolution
What was it like to work in a sweatshop during the 2nd industrial revolution?
Long hours, low pay, dangerous conditions.
He founded the American Federation of Labor.
Samuel Gompers
They invented the aeroplane
Wright Brothers
He wasn't happy with his nose, but he was happy consolidating businesses.
JP Morgan
In both the Haymarket Riot and the Homestead Strike, how did it turn out for workers?
They lost.
A form of business ownership in which people own shares of the company and liability it limited.
Corporation