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Big Business and Labor Ch 6, Sec 3, Part C

Big Business and Labor Ch 6, Sec 3, Part C. Under most forms of Socialism, government would have greater control over what? Businesses Socialists generally believed that the economic system should ensure greater fairness for workers in terms of wealth and working conditions.

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Big Business and Labor Ch 6, Sec 3, Part C

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  1. Big Business and LaborCh 6, Sec 3, Part C

  2. Under most forms of Socialism, government would have greater control over what? • Businesses • Socialists generally believed that the economic system should ensure greater fairness for workers in terms of wealth and working conditions. • Socialists tended to be pro-labor, and were often hostile with business owners (capitalists) 2. By the late 1800s, the broad idea of Socialism had been greatly influenced by what German philosopher? • Karl Marx (1818-1883) • Karl Marx is considered the father of modern Communism, a system designed to bring about a worker-controlled economic system in which economic equality is brought about

  3. 3. In 1905, in Chicago, a radical group of unionists and socialists formed what group, a group led by Big Bill Haywood? • Industrial Workers of the World • They were known as the Wobblies • The Wobblies wanted to organize all labor 4. In 1886, labor-related violence broke out where? • Haymarket Square, Chicago

  4. 5. What was the Haymarket Affair of 1886? • It was an incident in which a protest concerning police brutality at a Chicago factory became violent. Someone threw a bomb. • Several pro-labor activists were prosecuted • After Haymarket, pubic opinion began to turn against the labor movement

  5. 6. What was the Pullman Strike? • In the 1894, in response to low wages and high rents, Eugene Debs called for a strike against Pullman Trains. • In opposition to the strikers, Pullman sent in strikebreakers and President Grover Cleveland sent in troops to break up the strike. • Most of the strikers were fired and Eugene Debs went to jail

  6. 7. Marry Harris Jones (Mother Jones) helped organize what important industrial union? • United Mine Workers of America 8. Mother Jones helped create awareness to end what labor practice? • Unrestricted child labor

  7. 9. By 1914, the American Federation of Labor (a labor union) had about how many members? • 1,700,000

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