Labor Unions
An Irish-born labor activist who fought for workers' rights in the United States
Who is Mary Harris "Mother" Jones?
Their goal of immediate, complete, and permanent eradication of slavery in the United States.
What are Radical Republicans?
The Ellis Island of California
What is Angel Island?
supporting the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
An economy where the market determines prices, products, and services rather than the government
What is a Free Enterprise System?
Founded the American Federation of Labor
Who is Samuel Gompers?
Was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He was a Southern Democrat who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
What is Andrew Jackson?
A group that operates to benefit the public, rather than to make a profit.
What is assimilate and acculturate?
Workplace in which workers are employed at low wages and under unhealthy or oppressive conditions.
What is a sweatshop?
Fought for better working conditions, wages, and hours for skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
Designed to replace the social controls of slavery that had been removed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution and to assure the continuance of white supremacy.
What is Black Codes?
A major immigration station in the United States from 1892 to 1954
What is Ellis Island?
Social class missing in the Gilded Age
What is the middle class?
The process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment.
What is Collective Bargaining?
It was one of the deadliest workplace disasters in U.S. history. It highlighted the dangerous working conditions of industrial workers. It led to a campaign for workplace reform. It inspired new laws and regulations to protect workers
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
Is a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
What is impeachment?
Supporting the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
What is Nativism?
Economic hardship, political instability, job opportunities, religious freedom.
What are push and pull factors?
It is a political philosophy and movement against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism.
What is Anarchist?
The rally was organized by anarchist labor leaders to protest police brutality. It was held after a strike at the McCormick Reaper Factory, where two workers were killed by police.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
Sent to the South to make sure laws were being followed
What are Federal Troops?
Gave legal aid, an employment office, childcare, and training in crafting and domestic skills to the public.
His work in fields like mass communication, electric power, and sound recording laid the foundation for modern technology.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890?