2. Give 3 Reasons Why Unions Are Still Important Today

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Directions: Answer the following questions in your own words, in complete sentences. No copying and pasting answers from the websites or a friend!

LABOR UNIONS

At http://www.shmoop.com/history-labor-unions/

1. What is a labor union?

2. Give 3 reasons why unions are still important today.

UNION LEADERS: People

3. Samuel Gompers –

What union did he help form?

What did he oppose in the union?

What did he favor?

4. Eugene Debs –

What union did he help form? Political party?

What strike did he play a major role in?

Why was he sent to jail?

How many times did he run for president?

At http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labor-History/Mother-Jones-1837-1930

5. Mother Jones –

How did Mary Harris get her start in working to advance labor?

Who gave her the name Mother Jones?

How were her organizing methods unique?

ORGANIZATIONS

At http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Eco_Unionization.htm

The Knights of Labor

6. When was the Knights of Labor started?

7. Who started it?

8. Who could join?

9. Why did this organization die out? Describe the Haymarket Riot?

The American Federation of Labor

10. When was the AFL started?

11. Who started it?

12. Who could join?

LABOR CONFLICT

Pullman Strike

13. Where and when was it?

14. Who was the leader?

15. How many went on strike?

16. How did the government deal with the strike?

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

17. What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911?

18. What happened as a result of this tragedy?

The Homestead Strike

At http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande04.html

19. How did the strike start?

20. Where was Carnegie when this was unfolding?

21. Describe what happened after workers learned that the company was sending a private army from the Pinkerton Detective Agency to deal with the strikers. (write at least 3-4 sentences)

22. Describe Andrew Carnegie’s reaction to strike and the events that followed. (write at least 3-4 sentences)

22. Define the following terms:

boycotts –

collective bargaining –

blacklists –

yellow dog contracts –

strike –

arbitration –