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Clothing factories were nicknamed |
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What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company ? |
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150 people were killed in a fire |
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| Why did the workers perish? |
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the owner refused to build fire escapes and keep the workshop doors unlocked |
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List some of the jobs children could be hired for in the early 1900s |
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textile mills,factory where fruits and vegetables were canned,opening oyster shells,picking crops on farms, and mines as“breaker boys” |
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List some of the dangers and poor working conditions children encountered while working |
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12 hours a day,paid 10 to 20 cents a day,breathing in coal dust,and getting fingers caught in machinery |
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| an organization people joined to improve the working conditions and wages for their jobs and to end child labor |
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when workers refuse work to force business owners to meet their demands it is called a
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Who led a stike of the cigar workers? |
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Even though the cigar factory stirke wasn't successful, Gompers decided to |
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| join many workers’ unions together |
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Gompers formed an organization of a group of labor unions called
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AFL or American Federation of Labor |
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List the important issues the AFL worked for |
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| better wages,an 8-hour work day,safer working conditions,an end to child labor |
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| Strikes sometimes led to violence between |
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workers and business owners |
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What caused the Homestead Strike? |
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| Steel workers went on strike after the manager cut their wages |
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What happened when Frick hired armed guards to break up the strike? |
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The guards and workers fought and people on both sides were killed. |
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Who won the Homestead Strike? |
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children who sold newspapers on the street |
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Describe a typical work week for a steel worker at Carnegie’s Homestead Works. |
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7 days a week, 12 hours a day, low wages |
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