CH. 5 ~ The Labor Movement {SS.912.A.3.9 & 3.10}

A railroad strike that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest in 1894.

• Haymarket Riot

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• Great Anthracite Coal Strike

A system of social organization in which private property and the distribution of income are subject to social control.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Anarchism

• Socialism

A temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute.

• Lockout

• Boycott

• Strike

• Ideology

It was the largest American labor organization of the 1880s. Women and minorities were welcomed as members.

• American Federation of Labor

• Industrial Workers of the World

• Knights of Labor

• National Labor Union

A term or claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.

• Social Gospel

• Social Darwinism

• Social Contract

• Social Security

An organization that advocates for workers' rights and benefits through collective bargaining.

• Labor Ready

• Labor Strike

• Labor Day

• Labor Union

The American labor union leader that founded the American Federation of Labor.

• Samuel Gompers

• Samuel L. Jackson

• Samuel Adams

• Samuel W. Wolfson

In 1886, a demonstration in Chicago to protest the slayings of two workers during a strike turned into a violent riot.

• Los Angeles Riot

• Haymarket Riot

• Watts Riot

• Detroit Riot

A violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred on July 6, 1892.

• Great Southwest Railroad Strike

• Great Anthracite Coal Strike

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

It is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

• Strike Breakers

• Strike

• Strike Out

• Strike Fund