He was a supporter of the assembly line and mass production and used it in his auto industry.
Who is Henry Ford?
100
A group that started in 1869 that was initially very protestant and secret. It was structured on geographical lines rather than only bringing in people from a certain craft.
What is the Knights of Labor?
100
It was shortened to 10 hours by 1900 therefore improving working conditions
What is the length of the average workweek?
100
Employers began to think of their employees as less of people and more of this, now simply considered a factor in production.
What is Labor?
100
When one does not interfere with the free market.
What is Laissez Faire?
200
President who suggested a federal public works program to employ the jobless during the 1870s.
Who is Ulysses Grant?
200
A coalition of existing trade unions. It had fairly narrow membership that consisted mostly of skilled craftsmen.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
200
Skipping work to sleep off the effects of the weekend’s drinking
What is Saint Monday?
200
The movement that saw poverty as a result of laziness and believed that assistance would take away an individual’s determination to work hard.
What is the New Charity Movement?
200
These people were out of jobs because employers could now simply just hire untrained workers.
What is the Skilled Worker?
300
He pioneered the “time and motion” study methods. He followed workers with a stopwatch and clipboard, ordering changes in their work routines that increased their output.
Who is Frederick W. Taylor?
300
Formed in 1886 and was an organization that brought together worked from many different crafts and industries. It’s goal was to end “wage slavery” but this union died out after an unsuccessful attempt to create a new political party.
What is the National Labor Union?
300
A refusal to work as a form of organized protest
What is a strike?
300
This negative term refers to the situation where a person is totally dependent on their wage. This is used to criticize exploitation of labor and it points out the similarities between wage labor and another institution that ended after the civil war.
What is Wage Slavery?
300
Named "2014's Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine.
Who is Chris Hemsworth?
400
A catholic who was head of what had been a very protestant labor organization. He made his labor organization more open and also wanted “to make each man is own employer”.
Who is Terence Powderly?
400
The only two female pop stars to make Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People list
Who are Miley Cyrus and Beyonce?
400
A term used to describe strikebreakers
What are Scabs?
400
This stated that if an accident was attributed to another employee, then the company was not held responsible
What is the fellow servant rule?
400
People who never served an apprenticeship but could operate a machine only after a few days of instruction.
What are Green Hands?
500
He was the AFL Leader who said “half a loaf is better than none”. He was born in London to a Jewish cigar maker but moved to New York and joined the Cigarmakers’ Union.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
500
The first national craft union. Involves printers who arrange type.
What is the National Typographic Union?
500
Term used to describe the strength with which the working class strike
What is Samson-like?
500
When workers are paid not for their time but for their productiveness.