USH Terms 2

AFL

AFL

________- founded by Samuel Gompers, a loose organization of unions of skilled workers of specific crafts, focused on specific worker issues such as wage, hours, conditions,"bread and butter "union.

Upton Sinclair

________- published the Jungle, exposing poor /unsafe /unsanitary regulations in meatpacking /food industry, meant to help workers but also helped food regulations.

Socialism

________- a political theory that advocates ownership of the means of production, such as factories and farms, by the people rather than by capitalists and landowners.

Ida Tarbell

________- published writings on the rise of business monopolies and use of unfair practices → breakup of Standard Oil.

Haymarket Riot

________- a violent clash in 1886 between union supporters and Chicago police that divided and weakened the labor movement.

Progressives/muckrakers

________- people who favored /promoted change toward new ideas using the press to expose atrocities in society.

Capitalism

________- an economic system in which factories, equipment, and other means of production are privately owned rather than controlled by the government.

Ellis Island

________- NY Harbor, mostly eastern and southern European immigrants, took a few days to process through.

Homestead Strike

________- an 1892 Carnegie Steel plant workers 'strike that was broken by the state militia and resulted in the union being shut out of the plant for four decades.