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Teoli's hair got caught in some machinery that left her hospitalized for seven months. When she was released from the hospital in January 1912, she joined ___ workers in what would later be called the Bread and Roses Strike.
27,000
In what year did the "Bread and Roses" strike happen?
1912.
What month was Ettor and Giovannitti were released from prison.
A. may
B. December
C. march
C. march
In the last 20 years of the 19th century there were over how many strikes in America
A. 20,000
B. 30,000
C. 50,000
A. 20,000
What is a labor union?
A group of workers who join together to fight for better wages, hours, and working conditions.
Half of all children born in Lawrence around the year 1900 died before age 6, and more than a third of adults who worked in the mills died before they were what age?
25
What city did the "Bread and Roses" strike take place?
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Half of all children born in Lawrence around the year 1900 died before age ___, and more than a third of adults who worked in the mills died before they were ___.
A. 6 and 25
B.7 and 26
A. 6 and 25
Eugene V. Debs form the American Railway Union in what year.
1892
What was one major labor union in the U.S.?
The American Federation of Labor (AFL).
what does (AFL) stand for?
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
what did the bread and roses mean in the "bread and roses strike"?
The bread stood for fair wages, and Roses stood for dignity and a better quality of life.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Big Bill Haywood.
How many times did Eugene V. Debs for president before getting 900,000 votes.
He ran for president five times!
Why did workers start organizing labor unions in the 1800s?
Because of long hours, low pay, and unsafe working conditions.
Who was Joseph "Smiling Joe"?
Ettor of the IWW
Who were many of the workers in the Bread and Roses strike?
Immigrant women who worked in textile mills.
Joseph also know as what was the ettor of the IWW.
"Smiling Joe"
Most Americans living between the 1870s and 1900 – also known as the ____ age.
Gilded Age
What is collective bargaining?
Negotiations between employers and unions to agree on working conditions and pay.
The strikers often chanted this slogan what is it?
"We want bread and roses too."
What was the result of the Bread and Roses strike?
Mill owners agreed to give workers a pay raise and better conditions.
during the strike A young woman named ____ ____ was killed. She was likely shot by the police there were two men named ___ and ___ that were blamed and sent to jail.
(Hint LoPiozzo)
The young girl was named Anna.
And the two men were named Ettor and Giovannitti.
March 1, they offered a ___ percent pay raise. However, the workers rejected the deal, knowing they were in a position to demand more.
They offered a 5 precent pay raise.
What does “strike” mean in a labor movement?
When workers stop working to protest or demand better conditions.