Labor Problems
Choo Choo!
Famous People
The Jungle
Government Acts
100
Established in 1869, this was one of the most important labor organizations during the 1880's.
What is the Knights of Labor?
100
What is the Union Pacific Railroad?
100
He perfected the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
He investigated the meat packing plants, and wrote "The Jungle".
Who is Upton Sinclair?
100
This act passed in 1906, allowed the ICC to set maximum railroad rates. It was named after William Peters Hepburn.
What is the Hepburn Act?
200
These contracts were an agreement between a business, and a worker, that the worker would not join a Union. This was in an attempt to stop the progress of unions, and were commonly used until their outlaw in 1932.
What is a Yellow Dog Contract?
200
A strike that began in Pullman, Illinois in 1894, that eventually spread to over 27 states.
What is the Pullman Strike?
200
Invented by Andrew Carnegie, this process started the Industrial Revolution.
What is the Bessemer Process?
200
This act regarding the quality of meat, was passed a result of pressure from concerned people.
What is the "Meat inspection Act"?
200
This act allowed the President to decide which federal jobs would be filled, following rules set by a bipartisan Civil Service Commission. One of the main contributors to the passing was the assassination of James A. Garfield.
What is the Pendleton Act?
300
This demonstration on May 4th 1886 turned violent when someone threw a small bomb at police officers attempting to break it up.
What is the Haymarket Affair?
300
A railroad built from California to Utah. the famous "golden spike" was hammered in 1869, connecting it to the Union Pacific Railroad.
What is the Central Pacific Railroad?
300
He was the head on the NAACP on 1910.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
300
These 2 companies were accused of low quality work environments, including leaving entrails of dead animals on the ground, and allowing body parts to be mixed with the meat.
Who are "Swift and Armour Meatpacking"?
300
This act was passed in 1903, and amended the Interstate Commerce act of 1887. It allowed the ICC to impose heavy fines to railroads that gave rebates, and the shippers that accepted them.
What is the Elkins Act?
400
This labor organization was established in 1886, and first led by Samuel Gompers.
What is the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.)
400
This strike began in 1877, and lasted for 45 days before it was shut down by militias and authorities.
What is the Great Railroad Strike?
400
Author of the books "The Adventures of Tow Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin".
Who is Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)?
400
This act would eventually establish the Food and Drug administration.
What is the "Pure Food and Drug Act"?
400
This act passed in 1878, required the U.S. treasury to purchase silver, and create silver coins to be put into circulation. 
What is the Bland-Allison Act?
500
The first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866, it only lasted until 1873, however paved the way for more labor organizations to come.
What is the National Labor Union?
500
Instead of money, this was given to railroad workers, which they could use or sell for cash.
What are railroad land grants?
500
He patented the telephone before his rival, Elijah Grey.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
500
Author of "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang", he also supported the author of "The Jungle", in his cause to instigate labor reform.
Who is "Jack London"?
500
This act passed in 1874 allowed the United States paper Currency to be traded for gold.
What is the Resumption Act?