Famous Strikes and Events
violent steel strike in pennslyvania
homestead strike
immigration center on the east coast for europeans
ellis island
law that broke up monopolies
Sherman anti-trust act
journalist who exposed tenement life in How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
belief that the strongest survive in society
social darwinism
railroad strike led by eugene v debs
pullman strike
immigration center on the west coast for asains
angel island
law that required food and drugs to be labeled safely
pure food and drug act
Founder of Hull House
Jane Addams
belief that the rich should help the poor
Social Gospel
deadly fire that exposed unsafe working conditions
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
overcrowded city apartment buildings
tenements
created to regulate food and medicine
food and drug administration (FDA)
Wrote the Jungle exposing meatpacking
Upton Sinclair
system where the government owns all property
socialism/communism
bombing at a labor protest in chicago
haymarket riot
movement from farms to cities
rural to urban migration
pendleton civil service act
Author of Progress and Poverty
book arguing success comes from hard work
Myth of the Self-Made Man
major railroad strike in 1877
great railroad strike of 1877
anti-immigrant feelings
nativism
law banning chinese immigration
chinese exclusion act
Wrote Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
Economic ups and downs of boom and bust
Economic Cycle