Progressive Era

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

• Boycott

• Strike

• Strikebreakers

• Walk out

Why were strikes unsuccessful?

• A boss does not need employees to run a business.

• Employees did not want to strike.

• Strikebreakers would fill the jobs of those on strike.

• What's a strike?

Why would people go on strike?

• To demand better working conditions

• To demand for more money

• To demand to work less hours

• All of these are correct

Who made the least amount of money working in factories?

• African American Men

• Women

• Children

• Immigrant men

What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?

• GAP Factory fire

• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• Circle Shirtwaist Factory fire

• The great fire of NYC

What is a boycott?

• When employees refuse to work.

• When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

• When employers refuse to open their business

• When everyone just goes to work on a normal day.

What is a monopoly?

• When the government owns everything.

• When the people of the United States own everything.

• When one person or one company owns an entire industry.

• When a multitude of business owners own an entire industry.

Why were immigrants more willing to take the jobs that Americans were on strike from?

• The jobs paid a lot of money.

• Immigrants were desperate for money, and were willing to do the work.

• Immigrants were bored with their new lives in America.

• Immigrants didn't think the conditions were bad at all.

Why was The Jungle an important book?

• It wasn't a book

• It showed the poor condition of factories

• It showed poor conditions of meat industry

• It showed the poor condition of tenements

People who tried to find solutions to problems

• Muckrakers

• Progressives

• Politicians

• Crooks