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Strike Turn Violent
The Pullman Company Strike
during panic of 1893 and the depression, 3000 workers wwere laid off and wages were cut
workers took home less than six bucks a week
1894 the strike began
the ARU started to boycott the trains
pullman hired strikebreakers and president cleveland sent in trooops
pullman fired some of the workers
Woment Organize
women had powerful leaders to demand their rights
Mary Harris Jones was the most prominent organizer in the womens labor movement
organized united mine workers of america
in nineteen o three she exposed the cruelties of child labors
she continued fighting till she died
Manangement and Gov Pressure Unions
when unions became more powerful employeees began to fear them
employees fired unioin members
workers continured to view unions as very powerful
1904 the AFL had about 1 700 000 members
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New Immigrants
The Better Life
people came seeking
-religious freedom
-land
-work
-food
-gold
Europe
1870-1920
20 mill europeans left for religious persecution and the rising population
bad gov.
Chinese and Japanese
1851-1883 -300000 chinese
come for gold
helped build railroads
many japanese had workede in hawaii
west Indies and Mexico
1880-1920- W. indies for jobs
settled in he east and southeast
Life in the New Land
-steamship
across atlantic ocean from europe
pacific crossing from asia
traveled in steerage
poor conditions
Angle Island
many different races
longer harder processing provedure
worked harder
slept in baracks
Coooperation for survivial
native language
cultures
pooled money
formed social societies
founded orphanages old peoples homes
established cemetaries
learn and keep culture
dislike for immigrants
Nativism
Anti-immigrant groups and acts
some immigrants favored-british, german, scandinaian, and anglo saxons
some hated religion more than ethnic
Immigration Restriction League
passed bill in 1897 stateing that all immigrants must be able to read fourty words in english and their native language
many west coast natives were concerned abvout chinese taking jobs
chinese were banned from 1882 to at least 1943
japanese almost got the same but they fought back
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