Related Essays

  • The Pullman Strike Of 1894

    As part of the requirements for the Labor-Management Process course, a topic has been assigned in class to develop in a research paper. During paper, I will ...

  • Muckrakers In The 20th Century

    President Theodore Roosevelt criticized the authors as “muckrakers” publicizing the worst in American life, but the muckrakers actually awakened middle-class...

  • The Rise Of The Industrial Revolution

    Several years after the Civil War ended in 1865, new and old industries began to emerge, creating what is known as the Industrial Revolution (Klunk, 2016). T...

  • Race In The 1890s Essay

    The 1890s can easily be defined as a decade of labor and economic reform due to the fact that a vast majority of the prevalent issue of that time revolved ar...

  • Laissez Faire And Social Darwinism

    In 1892, corporations and business’ were booming due to recent transitions into an industrial society. The transcontinental railroad was allowing nationwide ...

  • Organized Labor In The 1800s

    Executive Summary History (Mackenzie) Throughout history there has been many events that have taken place that lead the United ...

  • The American Industrial Worker

    The American Industrial worker has faced various challenges throughout history. The late 1800s marked a period for the United States in which industrial supr...

  • 20th Century Us Unionism Research Paper

    The tradition of 20th-century US unionism was largely the work of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and its leader, Samuel Gompers. Founded in 1881, it ...

  • Knights Of Labor Essay

    The American Federation of Labor (AFL) has reigned as the primary labor federation to which the overwhelming majority of labor unions in the United States ha...

  • Organized Labor In The Late Nineteenth Century

    The late nineteenth century witnessed the most violent labor conflicts in the nation’s history. Strikes and worker relations were so bad that many feared tha...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/6

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

6 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Worked primarily on economic problems of workers:
AFL
Largest industry at this time:
railroads
Union & management representatives discuss and reach an agreement:
collective bargaining
Provided a cheap source of illumination:
oil
Elected President in 1896:
McKinley
"A man who dies rich dies disgraced":
Carnegie