Labor Resistance
A group of organized workers who wanted better wages/conditions
What are Labor Unions
Garment factories where many immigrants worked
What is a sweatshop
Political party which formed to overthrow capitalism and improve labor conditions
What is Socialism
The name for this time period due to laws being passed regarding labor conditions and food/medicine safe
What is the Progressive Period
Biggest union which did not represent all workers
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Fire that broke out in 1911 which killed 146 workers due to illegally locking them in the workplace
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?
W.E.B. Du Bois called a meeting near Niagara Falls to combat racism & brutality in America
What is the Niagara Movement
This kind of law set standards for wages and hours for workers
What is a labor law?
Union group that represented ALL workers
What is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
What determined the wages for workers in sweatshops
What is the number of clothing sewed
Formed by black and white activists to combat racism and discrimination through education and legal action
What is the NAACP
What are medicine/food regulation laws
Method where workers stopped working until their needs were met by their employers
What is Striking
Reason why workers had to repeat the same task over again in factories to benefit their employers
What is produce more goods/make more money/save time
Female socialist that was both blind and deaf
What is Hellen Keller?
What is Saving Capitalism
Name for writers who exposed misconduct and bad conditions and unfair practices of corporations, government, and society
What are muckrakers?
New silly name for the IWW members
What are the Wobblies
Spokesman of the socialist group
What is Eugene Debs
Unsafe machinery and fast paced production caused HIGH rates of this in its workers
What is injuries?