Labor & Unions
A tactic used by management to resist workers' demands by closing a workplace
Lockout
Immigration station that processed millions of European immigrants.
ellis island
Organization created to represent farmers' interests and reduce rural isolation
grange movement
Economic theory that argued government should interfere as little as possible
laissez-faire
The main goal of a labor strike is to pressure employers to improve these
wages and/or working conditions
Workers who organized unions were often placed on this list and denied future jobs
blacklist
Law passed in 1882 that restricted immigration from a specific Asian nation
Chinese exclusion act
Falling crop prices during the late 1800s made it harder for farmers to do this
make profit to pay off debt
Completing these connected the nation and expanded trade in the late 1800s
transcontinental railroads
During many labor strikes, employers hired these workers to replace those on strike
scabs or strikebreakers
This labor union was successful because it focused on skilled workers.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Many Americans supported immigration restrictions because they believed immigrants would take these from native-born workers
jobs
Political party whose beliefs were most similar to Speaker D's support for government ownership of railroads.
populist party
Business trust structures were eventually declared illegal because they created these.
monopolies
Steelworkers battled private security agents during this 1892 strike in Pennsylvania
homestead strike
This labor organization declined after the Haymarket Riot
Knights of Labor
A common belief among nativists in the late 1800s
America is for Americans or Superior to immigrants
Farmers were upset that these businesses charged high rates to transport their crops to market.
railroads
When one company controls every stage of production, it is called this.
vertical integration
According to anarchists like Emma Goldman, society did not need this.
government
Samuel Gompers supported these economic reforms instead of laissez-faire policies
socialist reforms
These immigrants mainly came from Southern and Eastern Europe between 1880 and 1920
new immigrants
Many farmers supported free silver because they wanted more of this in circulation.
money or currency
Many Americans became fearful of labor unions after this event was linked to anarchists
haymarket riot
This law, passed in 1890, was intended to limit the power of monopolies and trusts.
sherman antitrust act