Emma Goldman
The 1886 labor rally in Chicago that inspired Goldman eventually led to this holiday honoring workers.
What is Labor Day?
In the time of this first U.S. president, less than 5 percent of America’s population lived in towns or cities having eight thousand or more inhabitants
Who is George Washington?
With Americans pouring into cities along the abolishment of slavery, by the end of the 19th century, this sector, once the main source of American wealth, was overtaken by manufacturing.
What is agriculture?
_____, most of whom were in debt, supported an increase in the money supply to lower interest rates. Lower interest rates, they reasoned, would ease their debt burden and prop up crop prices.
Who are farmers?
After the 1886 Haymarket affair, Goldman became a devoted supporter of this political and social philosophy that advocates for a stateless society with no government, laws, police, or other hierarchical authority.
What is anarchy?
Of the seventy million Americans living in the mid-1890s, more than 45 percent were _____ or the children of _____.
What are immigrants?
With a population of three million, this U.S. city was the largest city in the United States during the 1890s.
What is New York City?
The U.S. dollar has not been backed by any _____ since 1971.
What is precious metal? (gold and silver)
Goldman and Alexander Berkman planned this act against industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
What is assassination?
By the end of the 19th century, one-third of Americans lived here instead of on farms.
What are cities?
European tariffs compelled U.S. exporters to turn to _____, the most populous country in the world.
What is China?
During the 1890s, many workers saw this as their only source of power against wage cuts, unsafe conditions, and industrial employers.
What are labor unions? (work power)
Although she distanced herself from first-wave feminism, Goldman was an early advocate for this cause regarding sexuality and personal freedom.
What are gay rights?
Where earlier generations of immigrants had come largely from northwestern Europe, the wave of immigration that began in the 1880s drew substantially from this geographical location.
What is eastern and southern Europe?
During the 1890s, the production of these two metals became the most important industry in the nation.
What is iron and steel?
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Emma Goldman was born in this country.
What is Russia?
International trade steadily gained significance in the U.S. economy. The annual value of American exports passed the $_____ mark during the 1890s.
What is one billion dollars?
At the time the United States gained independence, _____ percent of Americans made their living directly or indirectly off the land.
What is 90%?
When the U.S. Treasury ran low on gold, it borrowed money from this powerful banker.
Who is J.P. Morgan?