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Union established by Samuel Gompers. Supported better working conditions and 8 hour work day.

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1 Union established by Samuel Gompers. Supported better working conditions and 8 hour work day.

2 Term used to describe corporations and monopolies since the industrial revolution of the late 1800s.

3 Total worth of a company in money, stocks, goods, and machinery.

4 Economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production.

5 Scottish immigrant associated with the steel industry. Gave his wealth to libraries and other charities.

6 Laws designed to protect child workers.

7 Negotiations between labor and management to determine wages, hours, work conditions, and rules for the workplace.

8 Opportunity for businesses to provide the best product at the lowest price. Part of capitalism and the free enterprise system.,

9 Industrial unions joined together in 1938.

10 Products made in factories or grown on farms and used by people.

11 When 2 or more people (stockholders) operate under a government charter which allows it to act as a single person.

12 Someone who organizes and runs a business for a profit.

13 Major figure in U.S. labor movement. Helped form the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

14 1892 steel strike in Pennsylvania that ended in violence. Showed that the government didn’t support unions at the time.

15 In the mid to late 1800s when goods were produced in factories through the use of inventions and new machines.


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