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10 Cards in this Set
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1. Define the differences and similarities of thefirst and second industrial revolution?
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Firstwas smaller-steam engines, textiles, canals.
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Florence Kelley
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fought for better conditions for workers and helped found the NAACP
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major labor strike:
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-AFL-Skilled only, more political, anti-immigration, no women or minorities.
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What was the primary goal of the AFL American Federation of Labor?
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To obtain better conditions for workers in its affiliate unions.
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Why did government leaders generally sympathize with business owners against labor in the late 19th century?
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Government leaders received money from business and also believed in laissez-faire
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Tactics used by management to stop labor from organizing:
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firing troublemakers and putting them on blacklists, shutting down the plants, and hiring private police to “regulate” strikers
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During the late 1800s, children often worked in factories for what reason?
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families needed the income to survive.
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Anti Sherman Act:
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a federal law passed in 1890 that committed the American government to oppose monopolies. The law prohibits contracts, combinations, or conspiracies “in the restraint of trade or commerce.”
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Whatis a trust?
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a new way of merging businesses that did not violate the laws against owning other companies. A trust is a legal concept that allows one person to manage another person’s property. The person who manages another person’s property is called a trustee.
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What was the Gentleman Agreement (GA) and the Chinese Exclusion Act (CEA)
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GA-Informal agreement to stop Japanese immigrationCEA-Virtually stopped immigration from China, also Japan
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