Triangle shirtwaist
What brought immigrants to America?
Natural disaster or prosecution
Employees refuse to work.
Strike.
Celebration in New York city recognizing those who stood up for workers rights that later became a national holiday.
Labor day.
Low wages, long hours, and bad conditions.
Sweatshops.
How many stitches per minute can a girl with a electric sewing machine make?
3,000
Paid guards brought in to beat strikers.
Pinkerton's.
1911 disaster that led to the death of 146 people. Which later enforced laws towards factories.
Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
People who wanted to end government because it was seen as abusive.
Anarchists.
What changes took place as a result of the tragic fire?
Inspection of nearly 2,000 factories and set 30 new laws because of it.
Organization of workers to negotiate working conditions as a group.
Union.
In 1877, owners lowered pay wages which caused a strike that was unsuccessful. The person responsible for this then later created ________ for this reason.
Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Unions eventually legally allowed to exist, and ______________ ended in the 1930's.
Child Labor.
What started the fire in the triangle factory?
A dropped cigarette.
Non-union replacement workers.
What day is Labor day celebrated on?
Monday.
Inclusive women labor union on a national scale.
Knights of labor.
A girl had gotten beaten up and later protested.
Employers refuse to open the factory, etc.
Lock out.
The fate of the Triangle Shirtwaist owners after being accused of manslaughter.
Being let go/acquitted.
What is a mangle?
A machine to press laundry.