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Labor Movement
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History
5th Grade
12/01/2010

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Clothing factories were nicknamed

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sweatshops

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What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company ?

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150 people were killed in a fire  

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Why did the workers perish?
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the owner refused to build fire escapes and keep the workshop doors unlocked

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List some of the jobs children could be hired for in the early 1900s

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textile mills,factory where fruits and vegetables were canned,opening oyster shells,picking crops on farms, and mines as“breaker boys”

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List some of the dangers and poor working conditions children encountered while working

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12 hours a day,paid 10 to 20 cents a day,breathing in coal dust,and getting fingers caught in machinery

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an organization people joined to improve the working conditions and wages for their jobs and to end child labor
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labor unions

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when workers refuse work to force business owners to meet their demands it is called a

 

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strike
Term

Who led a stike of the cigar workers?

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Samuel Gompers
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Even though the cigar factory stirke wasn't successful, Gompers decided to

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join many workers’ unions together
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Gompers formed an organization of a group of labor unions called

 

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AFL or American Federation of Labor

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List the important issues the AFL worked for

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better wages,an 8-hour work day,safer working conditions,an end to child labor
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Strikes sometimes led to violence between
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workers and business owners

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What caused the Homestead Strike?

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Steel workers went on strike after the manager cut their wages
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What happened when Frick hired armed guards to break up the strike?

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The guards and workers fought and people on both sides were killed.

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Who won the Homestead Strike?

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Frick and the steel mill

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Who were "newsies"?

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children who sold newspapers on the street

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Describe a typical work week for a steel worker at Carnegie’s Homestead Works.

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7 days a week, 12 hours a day, low wages

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