Labor Unions
Labor unions bring workers together from the same trades or jobs to work for this...
Better wages/working conditions
These are the cheaply made, unsafe apartments that were quickly created because of the demand for housing in the cities
Tenements
This allowed things to be manufactured more quickly, at a lower cost (more people could afford it), and at a higher quality.
Mass Production
Alexander Graham Bell's invention that allowed Americans to communicate with each other & made industry more efficient
Telephone
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is made up of ...
Women
TWO effects that resulted from overcrowding in the cities
A person who creates a business to produce goods or services
Entrepreneur
This early union, made up of skilled & unskilled laborers, failed because they had too few common goals
Knights of Labor
Two reasons cities experienced unprecedented growth during the Industrial Revolution
Industrialization and Immigration
Wealthy industrialists often bribed this group of people to make favorable laws and limit regulations on businesses
Senate
This union failed because the union leader went to jail when he refused to comply with a court order to end a strike
American Railway Union
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act put limits on child labor and set this
minimum wage
This successful union, which organized separate unions (made up of skilled laborers) under one umbrella were able to negotiate sick pay & charged union dues
American Federation of Labor
The THREE ways the government encouraged business expansion during the IR
subsidies, high tariffs, favorable laws
The FOUR factors that led to the rise of industry in the US
New resources, technology, workers (immigrants), investments
THREE ways the creation of airplanes revolutionized the world
travel, mail/transport, military