SSUSH11 Industrialization and Labor Movements

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Big Business

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Large corporations that dominated industries, often eliminating competition.

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Monopoly

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A company that controls an entire industry, eliminating competition.

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Trust

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A legal arrangement where multiple companies unite under one board to reduce competition.

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Technological Innovations

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New inventions like the telephone, electric light bulb, and assembly line that transformed industry and daily life.

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Labor Union

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An organization of workers who join together to demand better wages and working conditions.

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Collective Bargaining

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Negotiation between employers and a group of workers to determine wages and conditions.

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Strike

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When workers refuse to work until demands are met, often used as a bargaining tool.

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Knights of Labor

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One of the first major labor unions, accepted both skilled and unskilled workers. Declined after the Haymarket Affair.

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American Federation of Labor (AFL)

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A labor union founded by Samuel Gompers for skilled workers, focused on higher wages and better conditions.

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Samuel Gompers

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Founder of the AFL; believed in practical goals for workers rather than radical change.