Flashcardizz - Organized Labor Movement

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What are sweatshops?

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Factories where employees work long hours under poor conditions for little pay

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What are company towns?

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Communities where residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and buying goods

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What is collective bargaining?

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Process in which employees negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions

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What is socialism?

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Economic theory under which businesses are publicly controlled and regulated

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What was the focus of the Knights of Labor?

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Organizing all workers and focusing on broad social reforms

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What was the focus of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

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Organizing skilled workers in a specific trade and making specific demands rather than seeking broad changes

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What happened during the Haymarket Riot?

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A labor-related protest in Chicago which ended in deadly violence

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What was the Homestead Strike?

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A strike against Carnegie's steelworks in Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1892

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Who was Eugene V. Debs?

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An American socialist, activist, and unionist who was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World

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What was the Pullman Strike?

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A violent 1894 railway workers' strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nationwide