Labor Unions
All labor unions had these three goals in common
146 women were locked in a factory and most died when the building caught fire. Led to workplace and fire safety regulations.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
A common practice during the Gilded Age when a politician gave jobs in return for votes, contributions, etc.
Spoils System/Patronage
Wrote the Gospel of Wealth saying the rich had a responsibility to give back as Philanthropists.
Allowed cities to expand upward, made steel cheaper/easier/safer
Bessemer Process
Labor union that allowed only skilled, white men to join and used strikes as a major tactice. Leader was Samuel Gompers.
American Federation of Labor
Unions lost membership and public support.
Violent strikes and clashes between police and workers.
A law passed to break up monopolies, but had many loopholes and was not enforced effectively and failed.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The idea that the government should not regulate business in any way (hands-of-government)
Laissez-faire
Invention of electricity allowed industries to
Labor Union that was open to any race, gender, or skill level.
Knights of Labor
Created the first sleeper railroad car and had a town for his workers and controlled all the prices and wages. He cut the wages but not the prices leading to a strike.
The Pullman Company
Gave federal government authority to regulate interstate and international trade
Interstate Commerce Act/Commission
'Survival of the fittest' theory used to justify monopolies and favored the wealthy.
Social Darwinism
The belief that native-born white Americans were superior to that of newcomers.
Nativism
Socialist leader of the Industrial Workers of the World
Eugene V. Debs
Carnegie's steel workers were protesting pay cuts when violence broke out; troops were sent in. It got bloody and the workers didn’t get their demands met.
Homestead Strike
The first nativist legislation passed to prohibited Chinese immigration, limited their civil rights, and forbade citizenship.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Business practice in which an industry buys out all of its suppliers
Vertical Integration
The first settlement house founded by Jane Addams in Chicago to provide shelter-like services to immigrants and help them assimilate into society.
Hull House
Dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, this group leaned toward socialism
Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies)
During this protest against police brutality a bomb was thrown and killed several police officers. 8 radical union members were charged and 4 executed.
Haymarket Square Riot
A law that attempted to stop the patronage/spoils system. Required that a civil service exam be passed in order to get a government job.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
A negative term used to describe industrial leaders who mistreated their employees, eliminated their competition, and exploited child labor.
Robber Barons
What two ports of entry did Immigrants enter in to and what ethnic group belonged to each port?
Angel Island- Asian (West)