Unions and Such
Strikes and Riots
Progressives
Acts/Amendments
Important People
100
This union headed by Terrance Powderly was open to all workers, no matter the race, gender, or skill, and grew from 28,000 members to 700,000 in 6 years.
What are the Knights of Labor
100
This strike started on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in response to the cutting of wages for the second time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The president sent in troops to quell the rebellion.
What is the Great Railroad Strike of 1877
100
In the progressive party, this reform allowed the electorate to determine their presidential candidate.
What is direct primary
100
Championed by Roosevelt, this organization was established in 1906 by focusing on the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
What is the FDA
100
President for two terms, ran for a third term in the Bull Moose Party, aggressively went after trusts, reformed the meat packing industry and expanded the conservation of land in the US, and was known as the "Trust Buster"
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
200
This labor union founded by Samuel Gompers was open to trade and craft unions or skilled workers only.
What is the American Federation of Labor
200
This steel strike in Pennsylvania was against Carnegie Steel. The workers were attacked by the Pinkertons, the militia, and eventually the strike failed.
What is the Homestead Strike
200
In the progressive party, this reform allowed for issues to be placed on a ballot by the people, and voted on to make it a law.
What is a ballot initiative
200
This Amendment allowed the US Government to impose an income tax.
What is the 16th
200
The president after Roosevelt who also went after trusts, and challenged Roosevelt in the election of 1912 for the Republican nomination, splitting the vote.
Who is Taft
300
This party, to the extreme left in the political sphere, was led by Eugene Debs in the 1912 election, and thought that group ownership was the future of America.
What is the Socialist Party
300
This strike, led by Eugene Debs was centered around the railroads. The owner cut wages to a point where people could not pay for the housing they rented from the owner. As the militia arrived, the riot broke out, burning buildings and costing lives.
What is the Pullman Strike
300
In the progressive party, this reform allowed for congress to pass down legislation for individuals to vote on it to determine if it will become law.
What is referendum
300
This amendment prohibited the making, selling, or distribution of alcohol. But not drinking it.
What is the 18th
300
Running for President for the Socialist Party in 1912, he was the spokesman for the Pullman Strike who worked for workers rights.
Who is Eugene Debs
400
This movement by Alice Stokes Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt sought out voting rights for women establishing equality politically and socially.
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement
400
During a peaceful gathering speaking about workers rights, police arrive, an anarchist throws a bomb, people and police die. The fallout led to court cases, hangings, suicide, pardons, and no arrest of the bomber.
What is the Haymarket Square Riot
400
In the progressive party, this reform allowed for the electorate to evict the elected members with a petition and a vote.
What is recall
400
This amendment allowed the electorate to determine who represented them in the Senate by direct election.
What is the 17th
400
He founded the Niagara Movement, the predecessor to the NAACP, and fought for higher education for African Americans.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
500
She went after coal mines and established the Industrial Workers of the World, and she fought for workers rights and against child labor working for the National Consumers League and the NAACP
Who are Mother Jones and Florence Kelley
500
This horrible fire in history cost the lives of immigrant working women, and led to people speaking out about workers rights and conditions. The owners were prosecuted but set free.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
500
A photographer, a cartoonist, and a writer explored the lives of immigrants in working conditions, housing and politics. Name all three.
Who are Thomas Nast (cartoonist), Jacob Riis (photographer), Upton Sinclair (Writer)
500
This amendment allowed women the right to vote.
What is the 19th
500
Elected President in 1912, he established the Federal Reserve, Clayton Antitrust, prohibited child labor, and led the US to victory in WWI.
Who is Wilson
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