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When workers refuse to work until a company grants their demands
What is a strike
100
A strike that began with shipyard workers striking.
What is the Seattle General Strike
100
A time of great economics growth but bad social conditions
What is the Gilded Age
100
The amendment that banned alchohol
What is the 18th
100
Who stole $125,000 from the treasury
Who is Adolph Krug
200
Workers that replace striking workers.
What is a scab?
200
People feared the Seattle General strike becasue they thought it was a prelude to a . . . . .
What is revolution
200
One company controls an industry
What is a monopoly
200
The process used by citizens to to propose their own laws
What is the initiative
200
The mayor of Seattle who was recalled in 1910
Who is Hiram Gill
300
A feeling of anger and resentment between two groups of people.
What is hostility
300
Shingle mill workers struck and the resulting tension caused the death 7 people.
What is the Everett Massacre
300
A small group of wealthy, connected, and powerful people
What is a political machine
300
The process used by citizens to remove an elected official from a position
What is the recall
300
Only a small % of people controled most of the nations wealth, how much?
What is 5%
400
An organization of workers whose goal is to improve working conditions.
What is a labor union
400
An 18 year old girl who advocated for better free speech rights in Spokane, Wa
Who is Elizabeth Flynn
400
The level of income wherein a person is considered "poor"
What is the poverty line
400
The process used by citizens to vote for preexisiting laws
What is referendum
400
Fitzpatrick
What is Mr. Hannigan's Middle Name
500
Members of the IWW were also called . . .
What are the wobblies
500
A reporter, mountain climber, and woman who sided with workers in an editorial. She later left to work in Russia and China.
Who is Anna Strong
500
A group of people who supported reforms
What are progressives
500
Deliberate destruction of company property
What is sabotage
500
Awesome
What is Aidan