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Populist Party
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Political party formed in 1891 to advocte a larger money supply and other economic reforms,
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Labor Unions
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Organization of workers.
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Laborers
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People doing unskilled manual work for low wages.
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Sweatshops
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Small factory where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay.
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Collective Bargaining
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Process by which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions.
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Company Town
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Community whose residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing, and shopping.
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Socialism
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System or theory under which the means of procuction are publicly controlled and regulated rather than owned by individuals.
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Homestead Strike
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1892, strike against Carnegie's steel-works in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
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Pullman Strike
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1894, violent railroad workers strike which began outside of Chicago and spread nation wide.
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