J. Kelly Robison

The Rise of Labor

  1. The Early Unions
    1. The Problem of Trade Unions
      1. Working Conditions
      2. Hours
      3. Pay
    2. National Labor Union
    3. Labor Troubles
      1. Panic of 1873
      2. Molly Maguires
      3. Great Railroad Strike (1877)
    4. Knights of Labor
  2. American Federation of Labor
    1. Haymarket Riot
    2. Homestead Strike
    3. Pullman Strike
  3. International Workers of the World

Identification Terms:

National Labor Union Knights of Labor Great Railroad Strike
Homestead Strike Samuel Gompers Eugene V. Debs
American Federation of Labor Haymarket Massacre

Essay Questions:

Describe the new pattern of industrial work and how and why it affected the workers.

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