Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization Flashcards
1
Q
Unskilled Workers
A
Those with no particular skill or expertise
2
Q
Skilled Workers
A
Had particular training or abilities and were more difficult to replace.
3
Q
Noble Order of the Knights of Labor
A
First national worker’s organization, founded by Uriah Stephens in 1869
4
Q
Sought to raise wages, improve working conditions, and gain union recognition
A
Industrial Workers of the World
5
Q
IWW
A
Industrial Workers of the World
6
Q
Subtreasury system
A
Federal government provided storage for farmers’ nonperishable commodoties.
7
Q
Coexy’s Army
A
500 unemployed people that protested at the capitol
