workday‚ and laid off thousands of employees. From this conflict‚ massive strikes‚ organized refusals to work‚ and unions‚ groups formed together to improve working conditions‚ came into action. A notable strike known as the Homestead Strike‚ one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history‚ occurred when the manager of a steel mill cut wages by 20 percent. This enraged the workers at the mill‚ causing them to form strikes‚ which led to bloodshed between strikebreakers
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You can never imagine a world without Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman died on May 14‚ 1940. Emma dedicated her life to the creation of a radically social order. Also‚ she embraced anarchism for its vision; and it offered liberty‚ harmony‚ and social justice. She had a deep commitment to absolute freedom and that led her to espouse a range of controversial causes. Goldman was a radical thinker. Forty years on she is more than emblematic‚ she is iconic. Emma Goldman was born in the imperial city of Russia
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While many Americans living during the “Gilded Age” (1865-1900) considered it a time of prosperity‚ others were not so fond. Many peoples that weren’t middle and upper class whites were being treated very poorly by both the government and by other members of society. While all Americans found their lives changed by big business and new technologies‚ others found their way of life completely altered. Particularly Native Americans‚ industrial workers and African Americans saw their entire way of life
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06/12/2024 Précis – Module One (1) The United States experienced a period of unorganized labor revolts in response to industrialization in the 19th century. In 1877‚ the Great Railroad Strike led workers to shutdown railroads.1 Wealthy business leaders reacted quickly to military repression. This led to new strike uprisings in Pittsburgh‚ St. Louis‚ and Chicago‚ disillusioned workers with their need for institutionalization‚ and convinced the government to implement a firmer political presence.2
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The so-called "Indian Wars" took place roughly from 1864-1890 (from the Sand Creek Massacre to the Battle of Wounded Knee). It was really less of a war than a long series of skirmishes‚ battles‚ and massacres. At first‚ the Indians actually had the advantage because their arrows could be fired more rapidly than a muzzle-loading rifle. The invention of the Colt .45 revolver (the six-shooter by Samuel Colt) and Winchester repeating rifle changed this. Notably‚ one-fifth of the U.S. Army out West
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Large ungulates roamed western North America up until about 7000 years ago. The herds included woolly mammoths‚ oxen‚ bison‚ horses‚ burros and camels. As the landscape of western North America evolved‚ animal species coevolved to take advantage of the rangeland vegetation. When the first people came to this part of the world‚ woolly mammoths‚ bison and other grazers still roamed. Evidence shows Native Americans hunted the large ungulates‚ as well as the saber tooth cat and other carnivores. These
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business respond when the 1886 strike for the eight-hour day successfully “paralyzed most of the industries in Chicago”? 9. Were the executions of Spies‚ Parsons‚ Fischer‚ and Engel a tactic on the part of business and government to damage the effectiveness of the labor movement? If it was‚ did it work? 10. What successes did the labor movement score in the 1880s and 1890s? 11. What was Frick’s strategy to break the steel-workers’ union at the Homestead steel plant? Did the plan
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However‚ there were also large degrees of continuity so the extent of this change can be questioned. The status of workers changed in two main eras; Stalin’s rule and Witte’s industrialisation. Despite this‚ the status of workers stayed more level in 1892-1964‚ suggesting a large amount of continuity. Working conditions were another aspect of workers lives that fluctuated tremendously. Under Witte’s industrialisation‚ working conditions changed and they continued to worsen until the arrival of Khrushchev
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Collective Bargaining John Hayles J00655937 Chapter 1(nothing assigned) Chapter 2 1) Pure/ simple unionism- had two major objectives. The primary objective was economic betterment of the organizations members. Gommpers believed the truth or essence‚ of labor unions should be measured in terms of their economic accomplishments 2) Closed shop-for an employee to obtain a job the employee must first become a member of a union prior to or upon employment and was made unlawful by lmra in 1947
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farming methods‚ organized economic and political action‚ and later developed into the populist party. One of the populist party goals was to have more silver in circulation for the use if the people. Initially people moved westward because of the Homestead Act‚ that gave 160 acres of free land to anyone that can farm in it for 5 years‚ there was an abundance of people leaving their homes to start a new life with their families. Farmers lived a pretty lonely life only living with their families they
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