a deadly 1911 industrial disaster in New York City that killed 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, due to locked exit doors and inadequate safety measures. This tragedy sparked public outrage, strengthened the labor movement.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
This was know to control the steel industry. He also controlled the Bessemer Process which refined steel.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
Freedom of Religion
Job Opportunity
Better Living Conditons
What are Pull Factors
This 1914 law strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by banning unfair business practices and protecting competition.
Clayton Anti Trust Act
This railroad and shipping tycoon built a transportation empire and helped connect the nation.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
This group of workers organized to demand laws against child labor.
labor unions
Who is John D. Rockerfeller
Industiralist who controlled whole sectors and industries
What is monopolists
Small Tight Spaces where most immigrants lived in
What are Tenements.
Boss Tweed was a boss from this New York City political machine.
What is Tammany Hall?
This labor union sought to improve working conditions for their members through radical methods such as turning over the control of businesses to the government and overthrowing capitalism. Created by Eugene Debs
What is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
This banker helped consolidate industries and even bailed out the U.S. government during a financial crisis.
Who is JP Morgan
19th Amendment