CH.5 HISTORY

TRUE/FALSE- their were not many laws to control how railroad barons ran their business.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who made the first major improvement in communication.

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Guglielmo Marconi
• Samuel Morse

Who made the phonograph, projector, batter, and light bulb?

• Nikola Tesla
• Henry Ford
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell

In 1866 who laid a telegraph cable across the Atlantic ocean

What were child labor laws? How old did you have to be.

Many unions would not admit..

After the state militia restored order and the strike failed what was the major impact of the homestead strike?

• Establishment of new labor laws favoring workers.
• Increase in union membership and power.
• There was severe drop in steelworkers union membership.

• Rise of pro-union sentiment among the public.

Explain the details of the Pullman strike

• Company cut wages, so workers went on strike, Pulling close the plant, Well track across the nation stopped, Injunction filed union, Eugene V Debs

  the leader refused to end the strike and was jailed.

• The Pullman Strike was a peaceful protest in 1900 against unfair labor practices.
• The Pullman Strike involved factory workers demanding better working conditions in 1885.
• The Pullman Strike was a minor event with no significant impact on labor laws.