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History Alive (8) Chapter 14 Key Terms and People

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Rose Schneidermanhelped orgainze the "Uprising of 20,000"
working classlower income people who often worked in fatories
division of laborproduction is divided into separate tasks
sweatshopssmall factory where workers work long hours under poor conditions for low wages
child laborchildren under the age of 16 worked in factories for very low wages
tenementsrun down apartment buildings in slums
labor unionsa group that organizes to protect its members
strikea labor action when workers refuse to work
yellow-dog contractsa written pledge not to join a labor union
blacklista list used to refuse workers a job if they were union memebers
American Federation of Laborunion for skilled workers
Socialisma political theory advocates ownership of businesses by workers rather than capitalists
collective bargainingnegotiations between employers and employee representatives
Haymarket Affairprotest meeint in Chicago in which protesters and policemen were killed
anarchistspeople who reject all form of government
Homestead Strikestrike against Carnegie Steel where violence led to labor unions decline
Pullman StrikeChicago strike where federal troops were sent in to break the strike
Samuel Gompershelped found the AFL and resisted socialist ideas
Eugene V. Debshelped found the American Railway Union and the Industiral Workers of the World


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