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Civil War
This was to determine the survival of the union or independence. The states that remained loyal and did not declare were known as the Union or the North. -
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
It was dicovered by an alliance of craft unions and a national labor association. They wanted higher wages and better working conditions. Unions could avoid the pitfalls that had drawn the life from the National Labor Union and the Knights of Labor. -
Haymarket Square Riot
A bomb is thrown at a squad of policemen attempting to break up a labor rally. The police responded with wild gunfire, killing several people in the crowd and injuring dozens more. After the explosion and gunfire, more than a dozen people were dead and close to 100 were injured. -
Great Southwest Railroad Strike
The Knights of Labor went on strike at the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. Hundreds of thousands of workers across five states refused to work, citing unsafe conditions and unfair hours and pay. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
It forbade any " restraint of commerce" across state lines. the courts ruled that union strikes and boycotts were covered by the law. -
Homestead Strike
The dispute occurred at the Homestead Steel Works in the Pittsburgh area town. The final result was a major defeat for the union and a setback for their efforts to unionize steelworkers. -
Pullman Strike
Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts resulting from the depressed economy, factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked out in protest. It shut down train traffic from west chicago. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash. President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped lessen the worst effects of the Great Depression -
The New Deal
They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act
It established minimum wages, overtime, and child labor laws.Children under eighteen cannot do certain dangerous jobs, and children under the age of sixteen cannot work during school hours. -
Right- To- Work
It leads to lower wages and salaries for unions. None of the 10 states with the highest rates of unionization are right-to-work.