Urbanization & Industrialization

An organized group of workers created to protect and further the interests of workers

• 'scabs'

• lobbyists

• overseers

• labor unions

What major trend occurred to the population of the United States during the industrial expansion of the late nineteenth century?

• farm population increased

• migration to rural areas increased

• immigration decreased

• urbanization increased

Which of the following best describes a reason that African Americans would have moved from the South to the North and Midwest between 1910 and 1930?

• The climate was better.
• There were more jobs.
• The housing was free.
• There were fewer taxes.

What does this image say about the need for labor unions?

• labor unions were desirable because the workers were being crushed by difficult living conditions and poor pay.

• Labor unions decreased nativism

• Labor unions helped big business keep control of the workers

• Labor unions helped reduce the length of the work day

What was the first nationwide industrial union?

• the Knights of Labor

• the AFL

• the Pinkertons

• the Anarchists

The leader of the union known as  the American Federation of Labor

• Samuel Gompers
• Terrence Powderly
• John P. Morgan
• Henry Bessemer

Workers refuse to work until demands are met

• Lockout
• Knights of Labor
• Labor
• Strike
  

The total or complete control of a service, product or industry that prevents competition

• Union
• Robber Barron
• Monopoly
• Captain of Industry

________________ is the term used to describe the wealthy that used ruthless business practices. 

• Industrial Giants
• Captains of Industry
• Robber Barons
• Union Leaders