Industrialization_1865-1901_14_OB with
... • Marxism: basic force shaping capitalist society was the class struggle between workers and owners; workers would eventually revolt, seize control of the factories, and overthrow the gov’t; then gov’t would seize all private property and create a socialist society where all property would be evenly ...
... • Marxism: basic force shaping capitalist society was the class struggle between workers and owners; workers would eventually revolt, seize control of the factories, and overthrow the gov’t; then gov’t would seize all private property and create a socialist society where all property would be evenly ...
Chapter 9 - Spring Branch ISD
... B. Women were paid less than men. It was felt that men needed a higher wage because they needed to support a family. Most unions excluded women. C. A separate union for women was created by Mary Kenney O’Sullivan and Leonora O’Reilly. The Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) was the first national asso ...
... B. Women were paid less than men. It was felt that men needed a higher wage because they needed to support a family. Most unions excluded women. C. A separate union for women was created by Mary Kenney O’Sullivan and Leonora O’Reilly. The Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) was the first national asso ...
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... For the last half-century, Americans have experienced a remarkable degree of labor-management peace and enormous rates of productivity. But this development did not come easily. It took decades of industrial strife, economic upheaval, and political battles to establish the right of workers to unioni ...
... For the last half-century, Americans have experienced a remarkable degree of labor-management peace and enormous rates of productivity. But this development did not come easily. It took decades of industrial strife, economic upheaval, and political battles to establish the right of workers to unioni ...
Industrialization of the U.S. Notes
... A. Land grants were given to railroad companies by the federal government to encourage railroad construction. B. Railroad companies like the Union Pacific and Central Pacific were able to cover all their building costs by selling the land to settlers, real estate agencies, and other businesses. VIII ...
... A. Land grants were given to railroad companies by the federal government to encourage railroad construction. B. Railroad companies like the Union Pacific and Central Pacific were able to cover all their building costs by selling the land to settlers, real estate agencies, and other businesses. VIII ...
SECTION 4 - Wisconsin Labor History Society
... 1981 Most of the nation’s air traffic controllers fired by President Reagan 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act passed by Congress. Strongly supported by labor unions. Requires most employers to provide 12 weeks unpaid leave for workers to care for a newborn, adopt or provide foster care, care for a f ...
... 1981 Most of the nation’s air traffic controllers fired by President Reagan 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act passed by Congress. Strongly supported by labor unions. Requires most employers to provide 12 weeks unpaid leave for workers to care for a newborn, adopt or provide foster care, care for a f ...
File - Mr. Dunn`s History Class
... Wanted a 8 hour work day (govt. worker got) Depression caused a decline in membership Knights of Labor Started as a secret union in 1869 continued until 1881 Sought to include all workers under one union (not a good idea to big not specific to members needs) They refused to throw themselve ...
... Wanted a 8 hour work day (govt. worker got) Depression caused a decline in membership Knights of Labor Started as a secret union in 1869 continued until 1881 Sought to include all workers under one union (not a good idea to big not specific to members needs) They refused to throw themselve ...
CHAPTER 18 The Industrial Society
... The Bessemer process of refining steel made mass production possible and the use of steel caused great changes in manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and architecture. A. Carnegie and Steel Large-scale steel production required access to iron ore deposits in Minnesota and extensive transporta ...
... The Bessemer process of refining steel made mass production possible and the use of steel caused great changes in manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and architecture. A. Carnegie and Steel Large-scale steel production required access to iron ore deposits in Minnesota and extensive transporta ...
PPT: Industrialization in the Gilded Age
... 1d. Workers lost their jobs during depressions or injury on the job. f. Laissez-faire- Many governments adopted a "hands-off" policy and permitted businessmen to do pretty much as they pleased. ...
... 1d. Workers lost their jobs during depressions or injury on the job. f. Laissez-faire- Many governments adopted a "hands-off" policy and permitted businessmen to do pretty much as they pleased. ...
Industrialization/Big Business/Labor Unions
... • When the railroad was completed, the investors had made a fortune, but the railroad was almost bankrupt. Congress agreed to give additional grants to the railroad after several members of Congress were given shares in Union Pacific at a price well below market value. An investigation implicated se ...
... • When the railroad was completed, the investors had made a fortune, but the railroad was almost bankrupt. Congress agreed to give additional grants to the railroad after several members of Congress were given shares in Union Pacific at a price well below market value. An investigation implicated se ...
Chapter 14: A New Industrial Age 1865-1901
... -Many employers would make their employees sign *Yellow Dog Contracts- swearing they would not join a union. -The industrial leaders, with the help of the courts, turned the Sherman Antitrust Act against labor. All the company had to do was say that a strike, picket line, or boycott hurt the interst ...
... -Many employers would make their employees sign *Yellow Dog Contracts- swearing they would not join a union. -The industrial leaders, with the help of the courts, turned the Sherman Antitrust Act against labor. All the company had to do was say that a strike, picket line, or boycott hurt the interst ...
Eureka Falls` Place in American Labor History S13
... protesting poor working conditions and low wages in eastern Pennsylvania, the site of much of the United States’ coal supply. At this time, coal was the leading source of energy for American industry. President Theodore Roosevelt failed to intervene successfully, but a deal was struck by financier J ...
... protesting poor working conditions and low wages in eastern Pennsylvania, the site of much of the United States’ coal supply. At this time, coal was the leading source of energy for American industry. President Theodore Roosevelt failed to intervene successfully, but a deal was struck by financier J ...
Dray Ch 2
... • Theme: National power to be used not to protect former slaves, but to guarantee the right to property. ...
... • Theme: National power to be used not to protect former slaves, but to guarantee the right to property. ...
unit 5 ericka - Cobb Learning
... During poor economic times in the 1870s and 1890s, violence erupted when employers sought to fire some workers and to lower the wages of those still employed. In 1894, when the Pullman railcar factory near Chicago fired almost half its workforce and cut wages by 25% to 50%, its workers went on strik ...
... During poor economic times in the 1870s and 1890s, violence erupted when employers sought to fire some workers and to lower the wages of those still employed. In 1894, when the Pullman railcar factory near Chicago fired almost half its workforce and cut wages by 25% to 50%, its workers went on strik ...
The Gilded Age
... Captains of Industry was a term describing a business leader whose practices increased productivity, markets, jobs, and philanthropy Robber baron was a term describing a business leader who became wealthy at the expense of the workers Men like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Morgan were consi ...
... Captains of Industry was a term describing a business leader whose practices increased productivity, markets, jobs, and philanthropy Robber baron was a term describing a business leader who became wealthy at the expense of the workers Men like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Morgan were consi ...
Outline Chapter 18 – The Rise of Industrial America
... i) Lots of death and illness grew because of poor working conditions ii) Most people quit the workplace rather than try to reform it e) People tried to organize labor i) Businesses did whatever they could to prevent labor organization (1) Lockouts (2) Blacklisting (3) Yellow-dog Contracts (4) Privat ...
... i) Lots of death and illness grew because of poor working conditions ii) Most people quit the workplace rather than try to reform it e) People tried to organize labor i) Businesses did whatever they could to prevent labor organization (1) Lockouts (2) Blacklisting (3) Yellow-dog Contracts (4) Privat ...
Chapter 3
... Labor at meeting the needs of skilled workers but left out the growing numbers of ____________________________ _______________________________________________. 3. Labor Setbacks a. The Homestead Strike ________________________ dealt the steelworkers’ union a major setback in 1892. Carnegie’s man ...
... Labor at meeting the needs of skilled workers but left out the growing numbers of ____________________________ _______________________________________________. 3. Labor Setbacks a. The Homestead Strike ________________________ dealt the steelworkers’ union a major setback in 1892. Carnegie’s man ...