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| Wealthy people who got or spent money in unethical ways i.e. lessen discrimination, Japan decreased their rate of immigration. |
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| wealthy people who earned money in philanthropic ways. Donate money to education, science, and more. Andrew Carnegie |
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| one of the first labor unions. accepted minorities |
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| Prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the country; extended and then made permanent, but eventually outlawed. |
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| wealthy people who earned money in philanthropic ways. Donate money to education, science, and more. Andrew Carnegie |
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| one of the first labor unions. accepted minorities |
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| Prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the country; extended and then made permanent, but eventually outlawed. |
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| billionaire who was poor when he was young but made a lot of money from his steel company: Carnegie Steel. Wrote the Gospel of Wealth and donated 90% of his wealth back to society. |
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| AFL (american federation of labor) |
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craft union
samuel gompers
fought for better wages, less hours, and better conditions
sucess: raised average weekly wages and reduced work hours |
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Drought --> farmers relied on crops to make money
Debt --> Farmers made little money and were in so much money that whatever money they made when directly into paying off their debt
Deflation --> the value of money increased. This was a major problem for farmers who were in debt because now they owed more money |
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founder of Standard Oil
His company held a monopoly in oil
would sometimes work in the field with workers
was accused of bad business practice |
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| American Railway Union (ARU) |
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leader: Eugene V Debbs
industrial union
fought: to include BOTH skilled and unskilled workes as well as higher wages
success: raised wages |
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| discriminated against all asian workers |
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| National Labor Union (NLU) |
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industrial union
william h sylvis
did not accept african americans workers
fighting for: to link existing local unions and eight hour work days
sucess: kickstarted the creation for CNLU which gave many more jobs to African Americans |
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| In exchange for stopping the discrimination against Japanese, the japanese government agreed to limit the number of japanese that came into the united states |
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| Industrial Workers of the World |
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socialist organization of workers
provided more inclusive unions for unskilled workers
"Big Bill" |
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most "robber barron"
was sucessful through railway systems but did some illegal stuff..? |
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leader of "the industrial workers of the world"
dedicated to getting more power for the working class |
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people's party
pushed for 8 hour workdays
solutions to some topics that they had problems with:
- gov. regulations to prevent corrupption
- land for settlers not corporations
- equal pay for equal work
- secret ballots
- freedom to protest
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robber baron
accused of having too much power and manipulating systems for his own gain
donated most of his money to art
treated his workers badly
bough carnegie steel |
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| when winning party gets chooses their friends for government positions |
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| when many companies of the same supply chain come together to form one big company |
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purpose: to inform the public on what the strikers were fighting for
hope: to attract supporters and intimidate replacement workers |
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melting pot
trying to mould different cultures into one single american culture |
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| one company buying out different levels of the supply chain...buying raw materials..ex. clothing company buying out all the cotton companies..other clothing companies are in trouble |
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people coming into cities from outer regions
caused many problems like
- nativism
- polution
- housing problems
- job competition |
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| when a company decided to "temporarily fire" the strikers until they agree to stop protesting and come back to the terms that they alredy had when they were working at the company |
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| when a person of authority is used as a tool to help out other groups...group helps the person get votes and the person passes laws or smt to help out that group |
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scandal
involved us pacific railway
basically proposed a plan to build transcontinental railway and asked governemt for a lot of money but it was a fake company |
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| agreement that employees had to sign saying that they would not join any unions |
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protesting against second wage cut
they were then shut down by federal troops |
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protesting against police brutality
someone threw a bomb into police line |
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battle between pinkertons and strikers
ended by penn. national guards |
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boycotted all pullman trains
turned violent whe strike breakers were hired |
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made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries.
problem: did not define what a trust was |
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| farmers who protested against railroads and fought to weaken large companies. |
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| allowing the goverment to get involved by passing a judicial order that restrains people from continuing an action that threatens the safety of people |
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| Triangle Shirt Factory Fire |
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| many workers died becasue the factory kept their doors locked. public outrage --> company accused of manslaughter |
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immigration examination for europeans
had to pass medical exam
questioned by gov officials |
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immigration examination for japanese and chinese
wanted to deport as many as possible
could be detained for weeks |
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