Samuel Gompers
When was he born?
1850
What were the ages that a kid could be recruited to work?
Under 16 or 18 years of age.
What does UMWA stand for?
United Mine Workers of America.
When were the Knights of Labor founded?
December 1869
What does AFL stand for?
American Federation of Labor.
What did he think the Union should be?
Using Capitalism to help workers
What was this act called that made child labor possible?
The Fair Labor Standards Act.
What does UMWA represent?
Coal Miners
When were the Knights of Labor most active?
19th century
When did the AFL dissolve?
1955
What organization did he create?
American Federation of Labor
When was the Fair Labor Standards Act passed?
1938
When was the UMWA founded?
January 25, 1890
What were the Knights of Labor?
An American labor federation
When was the AFL founded?
1886
How long did he serve as the AFL's president?
1886-1894
True or False. Could children work at night?
No
Who founded the UMWA?
John L. Lewis and William Bauchop Wilson.
What were the Knights of Labor official name?
Noble and Holy order of Knights and Labor.
What did the AFL consider itself?
The authentic "house of labor".
Who did he not like?
Intellectual Reformers
What was the Basic Act?
No child workers under nine years of age.
Where was the UMWA founded?
Virginia
Who were the leaders of the Knights of Labor?
Terence V. Powderly and Joseph Bath.
What was the AFL considered?
The most politically and organizationally conservative trade union in the industrial world.