Author Question: Discuss the various means by which industrial workers in late nineteenth-century America protested ... (Read 119 times)

colton · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The _____________ day became a cornerstone of the labor movement in the late 1800s.

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Question 2

Using the strategy of horizontal integration, ________ achieved a near monopoly of the oil industry in late nineteenth-century America.

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Question 3

The individual who helped establish new management techniques for railroad companies, and hence other American corporations, during the late nineteenth century was ________.

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Question 4

When ________ introduced the Bessemer process in his plants, the price of steel dropped.

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Question 5

Trace the attempts to organize American industrial labor on a national scale during the late nineteenth century and evaluate the success of those attempts.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 6

Discuss the various means by which industrial workers in late nineteenth-century America protested against what they considered to be unsatisfactory working conditions.

What will be an ideal response?

mjbamaung · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: eight-hour

Answer 2

Answer: John D. Rockefeller

Answer 3

Answer: Daniel McCallum

Answer 4

Answer: Andrew Carnegie

Answer 5

Answer: After the Civil War, organization of the National Labor Union represented the first attempt in the United States to form a national labor union. When it failed, the Knights of Labor emerged to take its place, but internal weakness and public reaction to labor violence caused it to decline. The American Federation of Labor then formed, stressing bread-and-butter unionism more compatible with American traditions. Nevertheless, public opinion, government policy, and the courts tended to oppose unionization.

Answer 6

Answer: In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, American industrial workers protested in a variety of ways against what they believed to be unsatisfactory working conditions. They would establish informal production quotas to prevent overproduction, an overly fast pace of work, and layoffs. They denounced other workers who worked at a faster pace. Absenteeism, drunkenness, and inefficiency also represented protests, while some workers made the final protest by quitting their jobs. They also formed unions and engaged in strikes.