Chapter 24 5-7 Flashcards
urbanization
city growth
tenements
cheap apartments that were dirty, dangerous, no windows , water, or heat
business people rented
space in cityscapes and
skyscrapers for their offices and factories
so many people wanted jobs so
they got really low pay
what was the thing that took the most lives of all workplace dangers
fire
labor unions
organization that brings together workers in the same trade, or job, to fight for better wages and working conditions
Uriah Stephens
organized the Knights of Labor
What was the Knights of Labor
an union that lead a few strikes and many ppl dropped out because if a rally that happened at Haymarket square chicago
Samuel Gompers
led the American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
group of local trade unions who tried to negotiate agreements with employers on issues like wages
Rose Schneiderman
organized the women in her factory as part of the national board of united cloth and cap makers
as cities expanded upward land
costs shot up
why did factory owners prefer top floors?
rents were cheaper higher up, and the natural light was better so they saved money on electric lighting
cities were
exciting places to live
working conditions in most industries were
appalling
business owners could pay low wages because
so many people were looking for jobs
if a worker complained
they could easily be replaced with someone else who might work for less money
millions of
children worked in mines, mills, and factories
of all the workplace dangers, ______ claimed the most lives
fire
Carnegie and Rockefeller didn’t ______ because ______
care about their employees because they didn’t know them
nativist
people who were originally here and immigrants took their jobs
labor unions-
organized workers in the same trade or job to fight for better wages and working conditions
The Knights led
several successful strikes against telegraph and railroad companies
some business owners used to defeat unions
force
