Unit 5 American History

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What are sweatshops?

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Sweatshops are workplaces with poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours.

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What are company towns?

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Company towns are communities where the housing and services are owned by a single company.

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What is socialism?

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Socialism is an economic system where the means of production are owned and regulated by the community.

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Who was Terence V. Powderly?

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Terence V. Powderly was an American labor leader and the head of the Knights of Labor.

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Who was Samuel Gompers?

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Samuel Gompers was a labor union leader and the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

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Which union was first and open to workers from all trades?

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The Knights of Labor was the first union open to workers from all trades.

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Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto.

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What are similarities and differences that existed in the goals of various labor unions?

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Labor unions aimed for better wages and working conditions but differed in their methods and membership.

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What was the Haymarket Riot?

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The Haymarket Riot was a labor protest in Chicago that turned violent in 1886.

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What was the Homestead Strike?

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The Homestead Strike was a 1892 labor dispute at a steel mill in Pennsylvania.