Tumblr o2rp15mxsw1v8aoq9o1 1280.png

The Labor Question in Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century

By na0ual
  • American Constitution

    American Constitution
  • Period: to

    Andrew Carnegie

    Born in Scotland
    Moved to the US in 1848
  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
  • Period: to

    Reconstruction

  • Period: to

    Gilded Age

  • A Second Declaration of Independence

    A Second Declaration of Independence
    Written by Ira Steward
  • Pullman Town

    Pullman Town
    Founded by Mr. Pullman
  • Period: to

    Grover Cleveland's First Presidency

    Democrat
  • Haymarket massacre

    Haymarket massacre
  • Thibodaux Massacre

    Thibodaux Massacre
    Lasted for 3 days
  • Hull House

    Hull House
    In Chicago
    Co-founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr
  • "How the Other Half Lives"

    "How the Other Half Lives"
    By Jacob Riis
    Photojournalism work
    Photographed during the 1880s
  • World's Columbian Exposition

    World's Columbian Exposition
    In Chicago
    From May to October
    For Colombus' discovery 400th year anniversary
  • Panic of 1893

    Panic of 1893
    Economic depression
  • American Railroad Union

    American Railroad Union
    Founded by Eugene Debs
    Accepted anyone but African Americans
    Called to boycott
  • Period: to

    Grover Cleveland's Second Presidency

    Democrat
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike
    Helped by the ARU (American Railroad Union)
    US Army was sent on July 4th, 1894
  • Development of "social Darwinism"

    Development of "social Darwinism"
  • Period: to

    Progressive Era

  • International Workers of the World

    International Workers of the World
    Founded by Eugene Debs
  • "Don't Buy Jobs" Campaign

    "Don't Buy Jobs" Campaign
    By the IWW (International Workers of the World)
  • Uprising of the 20.000

    Uprising of the 20.000
    In New York
    Shirtwaist industry
    Primarily by Jewish immigrant women
  • Spokane Strike

    Spokane Strike
    Free-speech fight
    Helped by the IWW (International Workers of the World)
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
    Deadliest industrial disaster
    146 deaths: youngest was 14, oldest was 43
    Recent Italian and Jewish immigrant women
  • The Lawrence Strike

    The Lawrence Strike
    Known as the Bread and Roses strike
    Helped by the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
    United workers from more than 51 nationalities
    Won the 54-hour week, and 15% increase in wages
  • Everett Massacre

    Everett Massacre
    Known as Bloody Sunday
    Helped by the IWW
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Women's suffrage