Labor Unions
Terms
It's all relative
100
This group wanted to form one union made up of skilled and unskilled workers
Knights of Labor
100
Families were crowded into these single room apartment buildings
Tenements
100
Why was the Northeast area of the counry more densely populated in 1870
Urbanization
200
This Jewish cigar maker created the American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
200
This term means total ownership of a product without competition
Monopoly
200
During this strike at Carnegie's Steel Mills, new workers were brought in to replace the strikers
Homestead Strike
300
This was the name given to buisnesses where only union members were hired
"closed shop"
300
A way to structure a business that limited liability, and gained lots of capital
Corporation
300
This commision was formed to enforce laws regulating the railroad
Interstate Commerce Commision