Labor Movement Study Guide

Severely damaged the reputation of the American Labor Movement (choose 2)

• violence

• strikes

• press coverage

• immigrants

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• train union focused on Pullman Cars

• steel union comprised of Carnegie Steel workers

• union led by Samuel Gompers that focused on economic gains for its members

• union led by Eugene V. Debs

All of the following are true of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers EXCEPT

• They refused to work on Pullman cars.

• group that included Carnegie Steel workers

• They tried to negotiate with Henry C. Frick.

• They engaged in a shootout with Pinkerton detectives.

Strike of Steel Workers after a failed negotiation with Henry C. Frick.

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• The Great Railroad Strike

• Haymarket Square Riot

Strike led by Eugene Debs of the ARU that encouraged union members to boycott Pullman cars. The president, Grover Cleveland, made the strike illegal by attaching mail cars to every train.

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• The Great Railroad Strike

• Haymarket Square Riot

Workers blocked train tracks in several U.S. cities after dealing with a pay cut from the year before. The governor of WV sent in a militia to stop the strike, but the militia felt sympathy for them. The president had to send in the National Guard.

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• The Great Railroad Strike

• Haymarket Square Riot

Initially intended to be a nonviolent protest after police killed workers at the McCormick factory strike the day before, this event quickly turned violent after an unknown person threw a bomb at police. Several died and many more were wounded. Members of the Knights of Labor were tried, convicted, and some even executed.

• Homestead Strike

• Pullman Strike

• The Great Railroad Strike

• Haymarket Square Riot

The belief that government should be smaller and that people should not be forced to belong to a society.

• Anarchy

• Anarchism

a military force that is raised from the general population to serve in the place of the regular army in an emergency

• marines

• navy

• militia

• Pinkertons

Molly Maguires

• the secret name given to Pinkerton detectives who were undercover

• a secret group of Irish miners who used violent tactics (like kidnapping, beatings, and murder)

• a group of steel workers who fought for a pay raise

• a group of train cars known for their quality