6/6/2010 | Some of the more important events in labor union history included how unions were stereotyped as violent anarchist‚ and how they took a stance that invoked violent activity in three serious events; the Haymarket Riot‚ Homestead Incident and Pullman Strike and how these events in ways changed American labor union history. | Up through the late 1700’s to early 1800’s‚ men‚ women‚ and even children were subject to intolerable working conditions‚ low wages‚ and long hours. As the industrial
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were established and enforced. Machines took over human jobs. People were going on strikes for jobs‚ child labor‚ and more. Americans lived in small spaces and shootings were being taken place. The growth and events affected many American lives. People and the government were probably outraged. Events taken place that might have upset both parties were the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and the Homestead Work Strike. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory incident happened in 1911. Many women and children passed
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1. Federal land grants- Recognizing that western railroads would lead the way to settlement‚ the federal government provided railroad companies with huge subsidies in the form of loans and land grants. The government expected that the railroad would make every effort to sell the land to new settlers to finance construction. 2. Transcontinental railroad-During the Civil War‚ Congress authorized land grants and loans for the building of the first transcontinental railroad totie California to the
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of the obstructionist approach in the United States was the handling of the Homestead Strike of 1892. Management placed an emphasis on opposing any business activity that threatened profits. 3000 workers from Andrew Carnegie’s Homestead Steel Mill went on strike for better wages and working conditions. Instead of trying to come to a mutually beneficial agreement‚ management choose to hire a private army to quell the strike. The following confrontation led to the deaths of nine workers and three detectives
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Compare and contrast the Haymarket Riot‚ the Homestead Strike‚ and the Pullman Strike. On balance‚ what was their effect on the organized labor movement? The Haymaker Square riot was an outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4‚ 1886. The American workers were demanded for 8-hour workdays in that time. 1‚500 or so people gathered at Haymarket Square and when police attempted to break up the meeting‚ a bomb exploded and police then opened fire on the crowd. Seven policemen were killed and more than
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Citations: "The Homestead Strike."PBS.org. PBS‚ 2009. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. "Andrew Carnegie."History.com. N.p.‚ 2013. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. Stiles‚ T.J. "Cornelius Vanderbilt."The New York Times. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. Folsom‚ Burton. "John D. Rockefeller and the Oil Industry
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unions lead strikes against big corporations like Carnegie Steel and J.P. Morgan. Some famous strike includes the Homestead Strike of 1892 and the Coal Strike of 1902. The Homestead Strike took place in Homestead‚ Pennsylvania and was against Carnegie Steel. The workers fought back against the corporation for continuously cutting wages. 3‚000 men planned a strike and took action. Henry Frick was head of the factory at that time and called in 300 Pinkerton guards agents to stop the strike. The Pinkertons
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remembered by the lifes of those like the Rockefellers and Carnagies‚ while the other majority of the people were working class. However‚ the movement towards organized labor was unsuccessful in improving the position of workers because of the failure of strikes‚ the superiority feeling employers had over employees and most importantly the lack of governmental support. Therefore the movement toward organized labor was unsuccessful. If unions were going to work‚ striking would have to be effective‚ but they
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Rockefeller was at the top and Carnegie was in second always fighting for that top spot‚ his partner Frick‚ was devious and made things how he wanted despite the people he hurt. The widening of the dam‚ the thousands of people killed‚ the Homestead steel factory strike‚ and the Sportsmens club‚ are events that Henry Frick had a huge part in. Carnegie attempts to fix his name‚ but the efforts do not work. He was still behind Rockefeller in wealth‚ and was blamed for the deaths in Johnstown‚ and died with
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Centennial Exposition- 1876‚ the first official World’s Fair in the United States‚ was held in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ from May 10 to November 10‚ 1876‚ to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. Officially named the International Exhibition of Arts‚ Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine‚ it was held in Fairmount Park along the Schuylkill River on fairgrounds designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. About 10 million visitors attended
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