Big Annie of Calumet Big Annie of Calumet Vocabulary WordsVocabulary Words

StrikeStrike

►When workers stop When workers stop to protest working to protest working conditions or to gain conditions or to gain better support.better support.

UnionUnion

► An organization of An organization of workers who protect workers who protect their working their working conditions.conditions.

NegotiateNegotiate

► To bargain and To bargain and reach a common reach a common understanding.understanding.

MigrateMigrate

► To move from one To move from one place to another.place to another.

Raw MaterialRaw Material

► An unprocessed An unprocessed material used in material used in manufacturing.manufacturing.

TextileTextile

► A fiber or yarn used A fiber or yarn used to make clothing.to make clothing.

WelfareWelfare

► The health, The health, happiness, and happiness, and prosperity of a prosperity of a group or person.group or person.

LaborerLaborer

► A person engaged A person engaged in physical work.in physical work.

Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution

► The transformation The transformation from an agricultural from an agricultural to an industrial to an industrial nation.nation.

Naturalized CitizenNaturalized Citizen

►One born in another One born in another country but granted country but granted US citizenship.US citizenship.

ProductivityProductivity

► The measure of The measure of output from the output from the production process.production process.

Citizen’s AllianceCitizen’s Alliance

► A group of pro-A group of pro-employer workers employer workers who form in who form in opposition to the opposition to the unions.unions.

Supreme CourtSupreme Court

► The highest federal The highest federal court in the US.court in the US.

StrikebreakersStrikebreakers

►One who works or One who works or provides employers provides employers with work during a with work during a strike.strike.

ShaftShaft

► A long, narrow A long, narrow vertical tunnel into vertical tunnel into the earth.the earth.

Gold Rush of 1849Gold Rush of 1849

► The name given to The name given to the over 300,000 the over 300,000 people who went to people who went to California in search California in search of gold.of gold.

Western Federation of MinersWestern Federation of Miners

► A radical labor A radical labor union that union that organized miners organized miners and smelt workers.and smelt workers.

Copper CountryCopper Country

► An area in the An area in the Upper Peninsula of Upper Peninsula of Michigan where Michigan where copper mining was copper mining was prevelant.prevelant.

CommunistCommunist

► A member of the A member of the communist political communist political party who believe in party who believe in sharing the wealth sharing the wealth of a state and the of a state and the greater good is greater good is more important more important than the individual.than the individual.

US Department of LaborUS Department of Labor

► The department of The department of the US Government the US Government responsible for responsible for occupational safety, occupational safety, wages, wages, unemployment unemployment benefits, and benefits, and economic statistics.economic statistics.