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    (Three Points) What happened in Haymarket Square on May 1‚ 1886? What happened on May 4? Who was convicted in the trial? What did Governor Altgeld do in 1893? (Four points) What was the Homestead Lockout? What did Alexander Berkman do? What did Carnegie do? (Three points) Why did Pullman workers go on strike in 1895? What happened when Railroad workers went on

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    All That Glitters Is Not Gold Outward appearance can be greatly misleading. Gold is a very valuable metal. It has an attractive glittering appearance too. But it does not mean that everything which glitters like gold should be precious. There are utterly valueless things that look like gold and taking them on their face value is unwise. On the contrary‚ some of the dull looking things possess immense value. Their appearance is in no way proportionate to the great value they have. This is true of

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    APUSH - Cornwell FEB 16-24‚ 2011 1. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA in the LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY • Corporate consolidation of industry • Effects of technological development on the worker and workplace • Labor and unions • National politics and influence of corporate power • Migration and immigration: changing face of the nation • Proponents and opponents of the new order (e.g. “Social Darwinism and Social Gospel”) AMSCO pp. 333-347 (CH 17) EV pp. 543-573 (CH 18) ESSENTIAL

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    Anderson Manning Mr. Hunsinger APUSH January 17‚ 2014 DBQ Through out the period of 1875 and 1900 many strikes and labor movements occurred. Many labor unions tried to reform laborers’ wages and the conditions in which they were working. Even though there were many efforts for reform by organized labor‚ they were unsuccessful in improving the position of the laborers. In document A there is a chart of the daily hours and index of average daily wages. It shows that daily hours went from

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    From the years 1875 through 1900 many organized labor unions and strikes occurred. The point of these strikes and labor unions was to eliminate such long hours and low wages that many laborers of that time had to endure. The labor unions demanded eight hour workdays. The labor unions and strikes also worked to eliminate many other hardships that laborers had. The labor unions and strikes were not successful. The only thing they really achieved was in bringing attention to the plight of the worker

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    Industry: Rags-Riches: The idea that anyone can come to America to follow the American Dream. They can be a person that has nothing at one point in their life to become a person that is super rich. Get money‚ get paid. Example would be Carnegie being inexperienced and then owning Carnegie hall and like everything. Captains of Industry: During the days of the American Industrial evolution‚ names such as Carnegie‚ Morgan and Rockefeller regularly appeared in leading newspapers around the country

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    American growth? 4. How did Carnegie revolutionize the steel Industry? How was his consolidation different from that of John D. Rockefeller’s? 5. What happened at the Homestead Strike (see Chapter 23 on this). How was Carnegie an exceptional “Robber Baron”? 6. Why did Labor Unions have difficulty organizing or winning strikes? Why were most unsuccessful? Which unions did have success and why? 7. How did the structure and goals of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor differ

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    labor during the panic of 1877. B) A rise of unskilled labor: employers needed less people to do the same tasks‚ leading to increased strikes. This rift between unskilled and skilled workers was the cause of failure for the American Federation of Labor since it didn’t include everyone in the work force. Also this caused the Knights of Labor to appear. C) Strike breakers were often hired. Lockout used by employers against strikers. Black lists. D) Government affected organized labor as well. Haymarket

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    instead focused on economic and social reform. The Knights of Labor used their strikes towards the improvement of worker health and safety‚ and more importantly to change the work shift from 10 hours to 8. Under successful leadership from Terence V. Powderly‚ they managed to win many strikes in attempts to shorten the workday‚ and rose to almost a million members. However‚ they began to fall from power after a strike organized at Haymarket Square. Members of the Knights of Labor were protesting there

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    EMERGENCE OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA Western mining – Wealth of ____________________________________________ necessary for industrial production [Silver – NEV/Klondike gold/Mesabi Range Immigration – Immigrants (southern & eastern Europe) provide a large _____________ force Gov’t _________________ & tax concessions to rr’s – Transport raw materials & finished products‚ as well as settlers‚ to create national markets Advances in communication – Telegraph‚ telephone‚ typewriter‚ & mail service improved

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