Honors Labor Webquest - Due Friday Feb 12

Today we will learn more about how the workers (laborers) were treated and reacted to the industrial growth of America during the Gilded Age. Read the websites and recommended sections carefully so you can answer all questions and learn the important information.

INTRODUCTION

Go to: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3185
Read the introduction (first 2 paragraphs)

1.     What were the major industries involved in the strikes?

2.     Why do you think those industries were the most frequently involved in strikes?

3.     Number of strikes in 1880s:               1890s:                         1900s:

MAJOR STRIKES

Google the following four events and list the location for each one.

·      The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - _____________________________________________

·      Haymarket Square 1886 - _____________________________________________________

·      Pullman Strike 1894 - ________________________________________________________

·      Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 -___________________________________________

The Great RR strike of 1877

Go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877

4.     How long did it last?

5.     Where did it take place?

6.     Why did it start?

Go to: http://railroads.unl.edu/views/item/strike_77?p=1

Watch the strike grow in size and spread around the US

7.     Describe the growth

8.     What does this tell you about workers of the time?

Haymarket Square 1886

Go to: http://www.history.com/topics/haymarket-riot
Read the section: May 4, 1886:

9.     What happened?

10.  Who died?

Read the section Aftermath:

11.  What 2 impacts did this have on America?

Pullman Town and Pullman Strike 1894

Go to: http://history1800s.about.com/od/organizedlabor/a/Pullman-Strike-1894.htm

Read first three paragraphs:

12.  Who were the key people involved?

Read Pullman’s Idea for a Planned Community of Workers:

13.  What was his plan?

Read Pullman Cut Wages While Not Reducing Rents Paid By Workers:

14.  What happened after the Panic of 1893?

15.  What did the American Railway Union do?

Read the Significance of the 1894 Pullman Strike:

16.  Why was this strike important? 

Google “Pullman Strike Images” and pick 1 image that stands out to you.

17.  What is the website?

18.  Explain the image and what it shows about the Pullman Strike.

UNIONS

Knights of Labor

Go to: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h933.html

Read about halfway down:

19.  List 5 of the 7 aims of the Knights of Labor

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor

Go to: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3193

Read the first four paragraphs:

20.  Who is Samuel Gompers?

21.  Who is in the AFL?

22.  What does it hope to do?

CONCLUSION: In 2-5 sentences, explain what were the major issues at this time in America?

Extra Credit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/triangle/  

Pick 3 Deadliest Workplace Accidents: List them (date, location, summary of what happened), What do they all have in common? What makes them different?