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Slaughter house cases 1873 |
was the first U.S. Supreme court interpretation of the 14th Amendment |
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14th amendement |
no state can deprive a person from life, liberty, or property |
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Munn vs Illinois |
-1877 Supreme court case which stated the court upheld the power to regulate private industries -Illinois put limits on grain storage facilities, but Munn says this went against 14th |
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Civil rights/ Enforcement act of 1875 |
U.S. federal law that guaranteed fair treatment to African Americans in public accomidations |
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Wabash case 1886 |
-Supreme Court decision that limited states control for interstate commerce ~could only be controlled by Congress -lead to Interstate Commerce Commission |
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Sherman Anti Trust Act |
-no conspiracies to restrain interstate commerce -protected consumers from cartel or monopolies in unfairly restraining trade |
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Santa Clara County Vs. Southern Pacific Railroad |
-California taxed fences owned by Southern Pacific Railway Company, but Southern Pacific asserted that the state constitution only allowed taxes on "the franchise, roadway roadbed, rails, and rolling stock." |
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JD Rockefeller |
-worked in American oil industry and was known to be the wealthiest man of modern history -supported the idea of natural selection |
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Andrew Carnegie |
-led expansion of American steel industry -supported Natural Aristocracy -Opposed the Sherman Act -Believed those with vast wealth should give it to the the public after he die |
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Circa 1890 |
-foreigners came to U.S. in attempt to make more money -Workers began to realize that working conditions were not good -Started to riot and strike and hopes to gain more work benefits |
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Labor theory of value |
states that the economic value of a good or service is determined by the total amount socially necessary labor required to produce it |
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Knights of labor |
-one big union of 700k people -Helped fight for better working conditions -Encouraged Boycotts instead of strikes -Encouraged Cooperative instead of Communist economy |
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Martins Murgh West Virginia |
-Baltimore and Ohio announced 10% wage cuts July 16 1877 |
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Anarchism |
-society would be perfect if it was a Voluntary community -no rules laws or capitalists in existence |
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-Hay Market Square riot 1886 |
-May 3, police shot 4 rioters and the Central Labor union called for a protest the next day -central labor union made people strike with pickets in front of McCormick spring 1886 |
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Revenge circular |
-May 4 police get a bombed thrown at them after demanding protesters to disperse |
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Fallout of protests |
-8 anarchrchists/ leaders of Central Labor union were charger with conspiracy and murder -all but 2 got the death penalty |
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Samuel Gompers |
-American federation of labor ~was formed after Haymarket riot ~supports federal law of collective bargaining |
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Goals of AFL |
1)Higher Wages and better working conditions through collective working conditions 2)Only skilled workers could join 3)56 Unions total |
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Homestead Strike 1892 |
-an industrial lockout and strike creating a battle between strikers and private security agents -Occurred and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania |
