Worker Exploitation in America
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Worker Exploitation in AmericaQuestions
- When did the fire break out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
- Why did workers try to organize labor unions in the United States in the late 1800s?
- What did Theodore Roosevelt do to end the coal strike of 1902?
- What led to decline in union membership in the early 1900's?
- How did the Clayton Antitrust Act benefit labor?
- How did the rise of labor unions shape relations among workers, big business, and government?
- What kinds of problems did labor unions want companies to address?
- What violent incident turned much of the public against the labor movement ?
- How did low wages contribute to the rise in child labor?
- How important was Upton Sinclair's The Jungle to passage of the Meat Inspection Act?
- What did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act attempt to do?
- How did labor unions win the support of workers?
- Why was the American Federation of Labor (AFL) called the "bread and butter" union?
- What caused the development of labor unions and to what degree did labor unions succeed in their goals during the Gilded Age?
- What type of event led to the growth of the International Ladies' Garment 'Workers' Union?
- When did labor unions begin to gain some legal rights in the United States?
- What union did Samuel Gompers lead?
- I owned and mechanized steel mills. when workers began a strike, I hired replacement workers who would accept lower wages. I won the conflict at the Homestead steel mill, but my reputation was hurt by my actions. Who am 1?
- Who won the Haymarket Riot?