Lesson 1-Capital and Labor

Question 1

Strike that spreading; In Pittsburgh where the Penn RR Co. sent Pinkertons to qwell workers, eventually suppressed by federal troops.

Answer 1

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Question 2

What were some of the economic changes of the Gilded Age?

Answer 2

Communities changing from “island communities” to a more connected via rail and telegraphs. Also shifting from a more agrarian society to an urban society.

Question 3

Working Conditions of the day.

Answer 3

10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week. 25, 000 deaths and 700,000 injuries.

Question 4

Believed that the producer of a good should enjoy fruits of labor. Created by Powerderly

Answer 4

Knights of Labor

Question 5

Labor riot where worker throws bomb at police, leading to arbitrary convictions.

Answer 5

Haymarket Affair

Question 6

Labor union not welcoming to gompers, blacks, and women.

Answer 6

American Federation of Labor (1886)

Question 7

Strike at a Caregie steel factory. After wages are cut the workers shut down and occupy the mill.

Answer 7

The Homestead Strike

Question 8

RR strike where workers want to see boss, byt are locked out, leading to RR workers across nation to refuse their cars.

Answer 8

The Pullman Strike

Question 9

Eventually lead to the populists

Answer 9

Farmers Alliance

Question 10

Reduced tariffs, public ownership of rail and telegraphs, free silver, and no land ownership by aliens.

Answer 10

The Omaha Platform