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Unit 2 Powerpoint #3 Notes – Unions

1. Give FOUR reasons the U.S. became a leading industrial power:

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2. What does “laissez fair” mean? ___________________________________________________________________

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3. How did Industrialization during the late 1800s contributed to the development of organized labor? _____________

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4. Give THREE ways that businesses suppressed unions:

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5. Who was Karl Marx? _________________________________________________________________________

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6. Who did Marx say would eventually rise up and overthrow the government? ______________________________

7. What type of workers did “Mother Jones” fight to organize? ___________________________________

8. What was the impact of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877? ____________________________________________

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9. Give THREE things the Knights of Labor fought for:

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b. ______________________________________________________________________________________

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10. What was the impact of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago? _______________________________________________

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11. Give TWO facts about Eugene V. Debs:

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b. ______________________________________________________________________________________

12. What was the American Federation of Labor (AFL)? __________________________________________________

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13. Who was Samuel Gompers? _____________________________________________________________________

14. What was two beliefs of Gompers and the AFL:

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b. ______________________________________________________________________________________

15. What was the impact of the Pullman Strike? _________________________________________________________

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16. Who were the Wobblies? _______________________________________________________________________

17. What did the Wobblies stand for? _________________________________________________________________

18. Why was the WTUL formed? ____________________________________________________________________

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19. Summary:

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