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the primary goal of the industrial workers in the late 19th century
What is get higher wages?
100
Name of the leader of the American Federation of Labor
Who is Samuel Gompers?
100
name of the system that allowed for a more efficient way to make cheaper steel
What is Bessemer Process?
100
person known for being the steel baron
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
100
person best known for the settlement houses
What is Jane Addams
200
the "New Immigrants" came from these areas in Europe
What is Southern and Eastern Europe?
200
the strike that led to the president ordering federal troops to put down the striking workers
What is the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
200
the process that allowed cheaper goods to flood the market
What is mass production
200
name of the oil baron
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
200
considered the first company to show the advantages and problems of the corporate structure
What is railroad industry
300
Besides the deplorable conditions of the tenements, the other major municipal problem that caused unsanitary problems
What is inadequate sewers and running water?
300
Nickname of the things that the AFL focused on achieving, such as higher wages, less hours, and better working conditions
What are "Bread and Butter Issues?"
300
the invention that allowed for oil to become a viable commodity
What is the internal combustion engine; automobile
300
an idea pushed by Herbert Spencer revolving around "the survival of the fittest"
What is social darwinism?
300
strategy used by robber barons to control all aspects of the manufacturing process - backwards and forwards
What is vertical integration?
400
The area of the city that the lower classes would be found during the late 19th century
What is the center of the city?
400
Name of the incident in Chicago where a peaceful protest turned into police officers dying due to a bomb
What is the Haymarket Riot?
400
major negative side effect that comes along with industrialization
What is pollution
400
name of the essay/pamphlet stating that wealthy men have an obligation to give back to society and the less fortunate
What is "Gospel of Wealth"
400
name of the women in the late 19th century that became more independent shucking away Victorian manners
What are Gibson Girls
500
Name of the book written by Jacob Riis investigating the problems of the tenements and the working poor
What is How the Other Half Lives
500
Two things that the Knights of Labor differed with the AFL about
What is allowing blacks and women in; having both skilled and unskilled workers as members
500
the term for the type of goods being manufactured during the late 19th century
What is heavy industry or "producer's goods"
500
author of the "rags to riches" stories
What is Horatio Alger
500
name of the law where the federal government gave land away for the creation of state universities
What is the Morrill Act