Labor Unions
This term refers to workers refusing to work in order to pressure companies into meeting their demands.
What is a strike?
This is the term for workers being paid very little for their labor, often below what was necessary to support a family.
What are Low Wages?
The Gilded Age is a period of history known for extreme ______.
What is wealth?
These reforms helped improve working conditions, including passing laws to shorten the workday and end child labor in factories and mines.
What are Labor Reforms?
The four constitutional amendments that were passed during the progressive era were about the direct election of senators by the people (the 17th amendment), the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcohol (18th amendment), the right of women to vote (19th amendment) and the creation of ________ tax (the 16th amendment)
What is income tax?
This term refers to a list of workers who are considered troublemakers, preventing them from getting hired.
What is a Blacklist?
Workers, especially in mining and manufacturing, faced this challenge, where their lives were often at risk due to unsafe equipment and lack of proper safety measures
What are Unsafe Working Conditions?
This system allowed a single company to dominate an industry, often eliminating competition and dictating prices.
What is a Monopoly?
This 18th Amendment was passed during the Progressive Era, making alcohol illegal.
What is Prohibition?
This labor union was unique because it welcomed all workers, regardless of whether they were skilled or unskilled.
What is the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)?
This term refers to a feeling of being oppressed or mistreated, which many workers experienced during this time.
What is Harassment?
The Gilded Age was notorious for these two problems that were widespread in both business and politics.
What are Corruption and Poverty?
This political tool allows voters to remove an elected official from office before their term ends.
What is a Recall?
This event in Washington State involved a deadly confrontation between striking workers and law enforcement, leading to multiple deaths.
What is the Everett Massacre?
This event involved workers in Seattle demanding better wages after a wage suspension during wartime, leading to the Seattle General Strike.
What is the Seattle General Strike?
This term describes the system where loyal political supporters were rewarded with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
This term refers to the process where citizens can propose laws and require a public vote to pass them.
What is an Initiative?
This term refers to the deliberate destruction of company property, often used as a form of protest.
What is Sabotage?
This practice involved companies firing workers who participated in strikes and replacing them with individuals who were willing to work during the strike.
What is Strikebreaking?
This system, used during the Gilded Age, involved bribing government officials and manipulating politics for personal gain, often leading to corruption in both business and politics.
What is the Political Machine?
This reform gave citizens the power to vote on laws passed by lawmakers, allowing them to approve or reject them.
What is a Referendum?