Corruption
This is the pattern of urban political organization that arose in the late 19th century in which a corrupt political leader maintains power through a political scheme that distributes services to its constituents.
What is bossism?
This immigration facility first opened in New York City in 1892.
What is Ellis Island?
This is an association formed by people with a common interest or goal.
What is a union?
Unions began realizing they could do this in order to gain better working conditions.
What is strike?
He was the German leader of the socialist movement in America in the late 19th century.
Who is August Spies?
The term for money paid out by a company to its shareholders from its profits.
What are dividends?
This is the movement of populations across large distances such as oceans and continents.
What is global migration?
A factory, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions.
What is a sweatshop?
This date became a global celebration of workers’ rights.
What is May 1st (May Day)?
He was the leader of the American Federation of Labor.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
This term means rule by the wealthy.
What is a plutocracy?
An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What is a pogrom?
The movement of people from rural areas to cities, usually in search of steady labor.
What is urbanization?
This event led to a decrease in membership in the Knights of Labor.
What is the Haymarket Bombing?
He was the architect of Central Park in New York City and also helped design the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead?
He was the leader of Tammany Hall in New York City?
Who is William Marcy "Boss" Tweed?
This city was home to America's first subway.
What is Boston?
Aside from equal pay for women and an end to child labor, this was the main goal of the Knights of Labor.
What is an 8 hour workday?
Public opinion turned against workers after violence broke out between workers and militia during this major work stoppage in 1877.
What is the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
He was the Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor.
Who was Terrence Powderly?
Support for party machines relied on these two segments of society for support (name one).
Who are immigrants and the poor?
In the late 19th century, the world was divided into the industrialized core, the agricultural domain, and this category.
What is the third world?
She was the General Investigator for Women’s Work for the Knights of Labor.
Who is Leonora Barry?
He was the anarchist who was put to death for his suspected role in the Haymarket Bombing.
Who was Albert Parsons?
This president reluctantly agreed to send in federal troops to end the railroad strike in 1877.
Who is Rutherford B Hayes?