apush exam labor unions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 knights of labor | under terence powderly this organization grew to 730,000 members in 1866, it included skilled and unskilled labor, and women and african americans. it had idealistic goals of labor owned industries |
| haymarket square | this event in 1886 was a clash between chicago police and labor protesters and anarchists, after a bomb was thrown it contributed to the fall of the knights of labor |
| industrial workers of the world | eugene debs formed this to unite all laboreres in "one big union" it is also known as the wobblies and endorsed violent tactics and class conflict |
| american federation of labor | this labor organization was led by samuel gompers and was an alliance of skilled workers in craft unions, they focused on bread and butter issues such as higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions |
| great railroad strike | in 1877 after their wages were cut this was the first general strike in american history and it paralyzed the nation's commerce for 45 days governors in 10 states mobilized the militia to reopen rail traffic |
| sherman antitrust act | this act was passed with the intent of regulating large corporations but in the 1890's it was used to break up labor unions |
| homestead strike | this event began as laborers refused to take pay cuts from the carnegie steel corporation in 1892, it was put down by pinkertons (private security forces) |
| pullman strike | after the depression of 1893 this train car company cut wages and maintained high rents in the company town, the laborers went on strike and crippled railroad commerce, cleveland sent in the troops to stop the strike |
| anthracite coal strike | in 1902 the miners in pennsylvania went on strike and theodore roosevelt negotiated a deal with the union and the corporations for the first time |
| wagner act | this act ensured the worker's right to organize and led to a dramatic increase in labor union membership after it passed in 1935 |
| congress of industrial workers | this was organized for unskilled and semiskilled factory workers in manufacturing such as the steel and auto industries it favored all workers in the industry joining together |
| taft-hartley act | in 1947 this act curbed the power of labor unions because widespread strikes could endanger defense industry, and anti-communist sentiment |
| united farm workers | cesar chavez organized agricultural workers and became a civil rights leader |
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