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20 Cards in this Set
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Why did factories occupy the best land sites near water ways?
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Goods could easily be transported and waste could be dumped.
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What four cities succeeded in rebuilding after being deystroyed by fires?
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Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, San Fransisco.
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What became the symbol of the modern city, and who is responsible for it?
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The skyscraper, Louis Sullivan.
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In 1880, 5 percent of Alabama’s workforce was involved in what occupations?
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mining and manufacturing
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What were the four leading cotton manufacturing states?
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North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama |
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What association advised planters to build mills on their land?
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Mississippi Valley Cotton Planters’ Association
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Who was the founder and president of The National Labor Union?
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William Sylvis
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The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, founded by a
group of Philadelphia garments was led by who? |
Terence V. Powderly
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Local assembles launched thousands of small co-ops, such as what
that was established by Chicago seamstresses. |
Our Girls Cooperative
Manufacturing Company |
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By 1900, what was the largest city in the U.S.?
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New York
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What is the AFL?
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The American Federation of Labor. A union that accepted the wage system. They only excepted white skilled workers.
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Who was president of the AFL?
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Samuel Gompers
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What was the name of the group of white Southerners, organized by Captain Ellison Alger?
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Red Shirts
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What three jobs did african americans work in cities such as Atlanta?
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bricklayers, carpenters, and painters
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what ethnic group usually held jobs such as bricklayers, carpenters and painters?
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AA
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In the 1980s who briefly organized both black and white workers?
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the Knights of Labor
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What cycle made periods of unemployment routine in the lives of most workers?
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The Boom-and-Bust business cycle
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What industry grew at a very fast pace in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and St. Louis?
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The Garment Industry
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. In 1882 Congress passed the what Act?
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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When did the appearance of mail-order houses accompany the consolidation of the railroad lines and the expansion of the postal system?
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After the Civil War
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