Big Annie of Calumet Vocabulary Words
Strike ► When workers stop to protest working conditions or to gain better support.
Union ► An organization of workers who protect their working conditions.
Negotiate ► To bargain and reach a common understanding.
Migrate ► To move from one place to another.
Raw Material ► An unprocessed material used in manufacturing.
Textile ► A fiber or yarn used to make clothing.
Welfare ► The health, happiness, and prosperity of a group or person.
Laborer ► A person engaged in physical work.
Industrial Revolution ► The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation.
Naturalized Citizen ► One born in another country but granted US citizenship.
Productivity ► The measure of output from the production process.
Citizen’s Alliance ► A group of pro- employer workers who form in opposition to the unions.
Supreme Court ► The highest federal court in the US.
Strikebreakers ► One who works or provides employers with work during a strike.
Shaft ► A long, narrow vertical tunnel into the earth.
Gold Rush of 1849 ► The name given to the over 300,000 people who went to California in search of gold.
Western Federation of Miners ► A radical labor union that organized miners and smelt workers.
Copper Country ► An area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where copper mining was prevelant.
Communist ► A member of the communist political party who believe in sharing the wealth of a state and the greater good is more important than the individual.
US Department of Labor ► The department of the US Government responsible for occupational safety, wages, unemployment benefits, and economic statistics.