Reformers
The man who used his drawings in the news paper to show the corruption of Boss Tweed.
Who is Thomas Nast?
Rich business owners who would under pay their workers to make more money.
What is Robber Barrons?
1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police.
What is Haymarket riot of (1886)?
Notorious political boss during the 1870s - involved in many scandals.
Who is Boss Tweed?
American social worker and activist, co-founder of Hull house; first woman to win Nobel Peace prize.
Who is Jane Adams?
A railroad baron, he controlled the New York Central Railroad.
Who is Cornelius vanderbuilt?
Founded the american federation of labor, leader of AFL.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
An 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States.
What is Sherman Anti trust Act?
Was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer
Who is Jaco Riis?
Led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Labor union that sought to organize all workers and focused on broad social reforms.
What is Knights of Labor?
(1883): Did away with the "spoils system" and made the hiring of federal employees merit based.
What is Pendleton Act?
The man who said that poverty was the inevitable side effect of progress.
Who is Henry George?
Developer and financier who created a plan to corner the gold market, most notoriously corrupt railroad owner.
Who is Jay Gould?
A workplace where workers are not required to join a union, workers may choose to join or not join a union.
What is a Open Shop?
Also known as the "Sugar Trust Case," was a United States Supreme Court case that limited the government's power to control monopolies.
What is U. S. v E. C. knight (1886)
In 1888, he wrote Looking Backward, 2000-1887, a description of a utopian society in the year 2000.
Who is Edward Bellamy
Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known in history.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.
What is a Closed Shop?