Industrial Revolution

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Strike

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refusal to work

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Sit-Down Strike

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1936-1937; Strikers occupied general motors plants for more than forty (40) days

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General Strike

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everybody goes on strike.

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Boycott

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protest. Ban with certain groups.

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Lockout

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exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to.

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Blacklist

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List of people or product viewed with suspicion/disapproval. To deny someone's work.

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Closed shop

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Place of work where membership in union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment.

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American Federation of Labor

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1886; Delegates from over 20 of the nation's trade unions organized AFL. First federation of Labor in US.

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Congress of industrial

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1935 to 1955; John Lewis; federation of unions that organized workers

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Organizations

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Entity, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.

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Knights of labor

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largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leader was Terence V. Powderly.

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Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World)

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Radical labor formed in 1905. Union based on the principles of Marxist conflict and the indigenous American philosophy of industrial unionism,

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Scab

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Who are hired to replace striking workers.

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Yellow Dog Contract

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Agreement between an employer and employee in w/c the employee agrees not to be a member of Labor Unions.

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Company Town

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to enable workers to move there and live.

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Scrip

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a certificate entitling the holder to acquire possession of certain portions of public land.

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Homestead strike

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title or no cost; several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land

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Haymarket Bombing

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Riot took place in Chicago May 4,1886. Support a 8 hour day.

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Angel Island

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Chinese immigrants were detained and interrogated here.

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Ellis Island

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gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States.

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Nativism

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the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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signed by president Chester Arthur. one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.

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Urbanization

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population shift from rural to urban areas, and the ways in which society adapts to the change.

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Tenement

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piece of land held by an owner.

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Corporation

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a group of people elected to govern a city, town, or borough.

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Vertical Monopoly

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where the supply chain of a company is owned by that company.

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Horizontal monopoly

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strategy where a company creates or acquires production units for outputs which.

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Trust

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relationship whereby property is held by one party for the benefit of another.

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Comstock Mine

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North American precious metals mining company.

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Open Range

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Large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers. Cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership.

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Andrew Carnegie

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was the self-made steel tycoon and philanthropist whose donations expanded the New York Public Library system.

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Mother Jones

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the most dangerous woman in america.

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Robber Baron

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an unscrupulous plutocrat, especially an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth century by ruthless means.

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Gross National/ Domestic

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is the market value of all the products and services produced in one year by labour and property supplied by the citizens of a country

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Product

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an article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale.

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Land Grants

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is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders.

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The big four

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refers to the top Allied leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919 following the end of World War I (1914–18).

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Adam Smith

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Scottish social philosopher and political economist and the author of "The Wealth of Nations," considered the first book written on economics.

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Capitalism

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a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Laissez Faire Economics

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An economic theory from the 18th century that is strongly opposed to any government intervention in business affairs. "Leave alone"

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Karl Marx

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developed the theory of international communism

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Proletariat

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workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).

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Burgeoisie

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middle class/ capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production.

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Cotton Gin

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a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. made by eli whitney

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McCormick Reaper

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Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper. harvest crops much faster than before.

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Thomas Edison

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American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

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John Rockefeller

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founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world's wealthiest men and a major philanthropist.