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A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety

Industrial Revolution

Series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods

Transcontinental Railroad

Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

Collective Bargaining

Process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract

Sherman Antitrust Act

1890 a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade

Knights of Labor

A labor union that included workers of any trade, skilled or unskilled

American Federation of Labor

Union for skilled workers, wanted 8 hours workday, created by Samuel Gompers

Industrial Workers of the World

An international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago

Organizer and president of American Federation of Labor, a craft union for skilled workers; stressed issues such as wages and hours

Led the Pullman strike and founded the American Railway Union

A set of rules or laws designed to control business behavior

The action of spending funds or the amount of money spent

A work stoppage; the concerted refusal of employees to perform work that their employer has assigned to them

To withhold or take away something