Working Conditions and Women Workers | Child Labor and Knights of Labor | American Federation of Labor and The Unions | Strikes and Strike Breakers | Major Strikes |
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What are sweatshops
Crowded urban factories filled with garment workers.
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What is 16 years old
The Oldest age the children were that worked in the industries.
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What is AFL
The American Federation of Labor
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What are strike breakers
The people that were hired to replace the strikers
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Who is Grover Cleveland
The President that sent federal troops to Chicago
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What are bigger factories
The out come of mass production
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What is 10 hours
The maximum amount of time a child could work a day
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Who is Samuel Gompers
The tough, practical minded, president of the Cigar Makers' Union, and the leader of the AFL
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What is the Economic Depression
This lead to workers being fired and wages being lowered in 1870's and the 1890's
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Who is Eugene V. Debs
The leader of the workers that refused to end the strike
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What are Cave-Ins
The main cause of death in coal mines
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What are trade unions
Unions that were formed to represent workers in certain crafts or trades such as carpentry
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What is collective bargaining
The press for higher wages, shorter working hours, better working conditions, and the right to bargain collectively with employers.
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What is the first national labor protect
The result of the day that several railroads announced another round of wage cuts due to the depression.
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Who is Richard Olney
The U.S. Attorney General that obtained an injunction to stop the union from "obstructing the railways and holding mails"
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What are women workers
These workers got half the pay of the other workers and they usually joined the industrial work force.
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Who is Terence V. Powderly
The leader, that under his power the Knights of Labor became a national labor organization.
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Who is Mary Harris Jones or Mother Jones
The woman that spend 50 years fighting for women workers' rights
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What is the State Militia
They restored order in different places after the strikes
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What is Homestead, Pennsylvania
Where in 1892 workers went on strike at Andrew Carnegie's Steel Plant
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What is the industrial growth of the 1800s
The growth that Created new jobs and raised the standard of living for many American workers
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What is 700,000
The number of how many members were in the Knights of Labor
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What is the International Ladies' Garment workers Union
The group that was created due to the disaster that killed over 150 people, also known as the ILGWU
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What is July 1877
The day that several railroads announced another round of wage cuts due to the depression
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What is the McCorick Harvest Company
The group of striking workers that gathered to protest the killings of four strikers the previous day
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