Big buisness and labor.
Carnegie worked at the pennsylvania railroad where he made loads of money.
In 1873 he entered steel business with the money he earned from the railroad.
by 1899 the carnegie steel company produced more steel then all the factories in great britain.
To do this he used two processes called vertical and horizontal integration
Social dawinism explains the process of natural selevtion.
Charles Darwin made Survival of the fittest.
John d rockefeller controlled the largest oil company in the us.
He used a process called monopoly to take control of the markets and build his wealth.
Rockefeller was the worlds richest man and the first american billionaire.
Many people called him a "Robber Baron".
Rockefeller used trusts to grow his old company.
In 1890 The sheman anti-trust act made it illegal to form trust.
The big buisness boom by passed the south.
Trust=monopoly
so anti monopoly=anti trust
Labor unions are workers in a group.
working conditions were horrible ion 1882, 675 laborers were killed each week.
their hours were long about 12hrs a day.
They didnt get compensated
Child laborers ages 5-15.
From 1890-1910 the number of women working doubled from 4 million to 8 million.
Women and children worked in sweatshops. it paid 27 cents for chidren.
Women-$267
men-$498
Skilled workers Formed small local unions since the 1700'2
In 1866 the first large scale national labor union ws formed.
then the colored national labor union was formed.
NLU grew to 640,000 people
In 1869 Uriah stephens organized the nights of labor.
Motto. "an injury to one is the concern of all"
they were open to all workers.
Craft Unionism
The included skilled workers from one or more trades.
the american federation of labor had Samuel Grompers as their president
The iwww are industrial workers of the world alson known as thw owbbies.
they were headed by william Haywood
Miners Lumberers Cannery and Dock workers
Included Native americans.
Never got over 100,000 members
1912 went on strike
They let in unskilled workers.
The great strike of 1877 caused workers for the Baltimore ohio Railroad went on strike.
Traffic covered over 50,000 Miles. It ws stopped for over a weeek
The Haymarket Affair.
They continued to press charge fromthe strik of 1877
3,000 People gathere at chigagos Haymarket Square
McCormick Harvester Plant
3 Speakers at the demonstration and 5 radicals were Chatged.
Public tuened against labor unon.
The homestead strik cause comapny president henry clay frick announced his plan to cut wages
Frick Hired Scabs/Strikebreakers to keep his company working
They had a battle which led to 3 detectives and 9 workers dead
The plant was closed till july 12th
The strike continued till november
It took 45 years for the union to come back together
The pullman Company strike
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