Vocab: Labor Movement
An organization of workers meant to improve workers' rights, pay and conditions in the workplace
Labor Union
When an empire takes over someone else's land
Imperialism (also acceptable: colonialism)
FDR created a series of programs called the _______ to help Americans struggling through the Great Depression
New Deal
This period of technological change, starting around 1800, is associated with the emergence of factories and the growth of cities.
Industrial Revolution
This president was elected during the Great Depression in 1932 and was known for creating the New Deal
Franklin Roosevent (FDR)
When employees refuse to work until their employer agrees to their demands, usually to improve pay, benefits or working conditions.
Strike
When an empire captures a new territory, this territory is now a _______ of the empire.
Colony
Products sold to another country
Exports
This 1911 tragedy in lower manhattan led to workplace safety reforms and helped end the era of "laissez-faire" government policy.
Triangle Shirtwaist
This was the leader of the Decolonization movement in India
Mahatma Gandhi
Mean word to use for "replacement workers" who business owners bring in to break a strike
Scabs
European Empires took over Africa in order to gain control over Africa's ______________ (be specific than "resources")
Raw materials
Products purchased from another country
Imports
This economic crisis began in 1929 with a stock market crash
This Belgian King gained control of the Congo at the Berlin Conference, and went on to commit infamous human rights abuses against the Congolese people
King Leopold
The process of negotiating a contract between a union and business owners which determines pay and benefits for workers.
Collective Bargaining
Gandhi encouraged Indians to __________ British products as a strategy to win independence from the British Empire.
boycott
Fancy word for when the government chooses NOT to interfere in the economy and private workplaces
Laissez-Faire
This war (1937-1945) was fought between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) and the Allied powers (US, Britain, USSR).
World War II
This was the leader of the Decolonization movement in Guinea
Sicou Toure
Law that legalized the formation of labor unions in the US (hint: part of FDR's New Deal).
This meeting of European leaders in 1884 led to the partition (dividing up) of Africa
Berlin Conference
This 1992 "free trade deal" established free trade and movement of business between the US, Canada and Mexico
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Beginning in the 1980s, the US signed a series of "free trade" deals including NAFTA and PNTR. This contributed to the economic interconnectedness between countries around the world, also known as __________
Globalization
This was the leader of the Decolonization movement in Congo
Patrice Lumumba