- Homestead strike:
- workers went on strike at carnige steel company in pennsylvaniia.
- because henery frick announced that he was going to cut wages and the working conditions were already poor
- frick hired detectives to stop the strike from happining by entering the factory. But a fight broke out and nine detectives and workers died. the plant remained closed
- national guard of pennsyvannia got involved in july, the strike ended in november.
Pullman company strike:
- they laid off 300 of its 5800 workers.
- and cut wages of rest from 25-50%
- most took home less then 6 dollars a week.,
- ARU began to boycott pullman
- pullman sent breakers to end the strike , it turned very violent
Woman Organize:
- Mary harris jones
- one of the most influential in american women history
Chapter 7-1
- Immagrants came in the late 19th and early 20th centerys
- many immagrants such as the "birds of passage" came to earn money and return to thier homesteads.
- other immagrants traveled to america to escape land shortages, famine, and religious percicusion
European immagrants
- 20 million people came from europe.
Chinese, came to west coast in smaller numbers.
many came to seek thier furtune after finding gold.
they started farming and minning, because the railroads were built.
Japanese
hawiian platers recruted japense to work for them, so buissness was booming again
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