Political: • Businesses benefited from friendly government policies that protected private property‚ subsidized railroads with land grants and loans‚ supported US manufacturers with protective tariffs‚ and refrained from either regulating business operations or heavily taxing corporate profits. • Government policies gave 170 million acres of land to railroad companies for expansion of business. • Land grants and cash loans made poor construction and increased corruption in government. • Since
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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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higher wages and shorter hours; and that is what they got. From 1886-1891 the average daily hours gradually decreased as the average daily wages were increasing (Doc A).The Homestead and Pullman Strike ultimately did not succeed‚ however‚ but if the federal government had not joined in‚ they probably would have. In the Homestead‚ they were strong enough to get the Pinkertons to surrender. Strikes weren’t kind; people had died before surrendering (Doc G). With Rockefeller in oil‚ “workmen became truly
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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 a sympathy strike? What did President Cleveland do? How were the careers of Eugene Debs and Clarence Darrow affected? (Five
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railroads and corporations gave way to labor unrest. Eventually‚ the new “rugged” American refused to comply with the unfair conditions of the factories- so much so that many labor strikes ended in violence. When the homestead workers refused to leave‚ gun battle erupted. The Pullman strike‚ as well as Dewey Cox’s army had a similar ending. Eventually the ups and downs of the economic problems led to the depression of 1893 beginning with the stock market collapse. Jackson stated‚ “as
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1883 Civil Service Act of 1883 1886 Samuel Gompers 1886 Haymarket Riot 1887 American Protective Association 1887 Immigration Restrictive League 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre 1890 People’s Party 1892 Homestead Strike 1892 Ellis Island 1894 Pullman Strike 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1900 Theodore Roosevelt Elected President 1903 Wright brother’s first flight 1908 Taft Elected President 1914 World War 1 Begins in Europe
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Robert Schiller Grand Coulee Dam The Grand Coulee Dam was hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in 1941 when it was finished being built. It blocks the Columbia River with 12 million cubic yards of concrete‚ and spreads over a mile wide with the height of a 46-story building all holding back a 150-mile long reservoir called Lake Roosevelt. The dam produces more kilowatts than any other dam in the United States. The Grand Coulee was only part of the Columbia Basin Project that included four
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HISTORY 2020 FIRST TAKE HOME EXAM You may use only class notes‚ your weekly outlines‚ and your text book. Nothing will be accepted from the Internet‚ or any other source. YOU MUST EMPHASIZE CLASS NOTES AND OUTLINES! You may use your book‚ but your answers will not be correct if you do not provide responses which reflect the class lectures/discussions. YOU MUST DO YOUR OWN WORK! You are not to discuss‚ or work on the exam‚ with anyone else. All writing must be your own. YOU WILL NOT SHARE
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Unit 7 Review Sheet Accomplishments/Failures of Progressive Era: Passed reforms regarding Farmers and the Union workers. BUT no legislation regarding African Americans and racism. TR almost did w/ Booker T but received bad reviews from public. AFL (goals/tactics): Led by Samuel Gompers; an alliance of skilled workers in craft unions; concentrated on brea-and-butter issues such as higher wages‚ shorter hours‚ and better working conditions. Aligned w/ Democratic Party under Wilson. Alfred Mahan
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Unions Main Idea Reading Strategy Reading Objectives In an attempt to improve their working conditions‚ industrial workers came together to form unions in the late 1800s. Sequencing As you read about the increase of American labor unions in the late 1800s‚ complete a time line similar to the one below by filling in the incidents of labor unrest discussed and the results of each incident. • Describe industrial working conditions in the United States in the late 1800s. • List
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