LABOR UNIONS EOC

Railroads led to shortages of raw materials for factories

Railroads stimulated the construction of steamship

Railroads created time zones, the growth of cities, and the first truly national market

Railroads caused cotton and rice to move from the Southeast to the West Coast

to encourage the US to build a canal in Panama

to bring tourists to the luxury hotels he had built along the Florida coastline

to create a refuge for people immigrating to the US from Latin America

to build a "dream town" with money he made from his partnership with John D. Rockefeller

high tariffs

low wages

silver coinage

overseas competition

It represented skilled workers in negotiations

It was open to women and African Americans

It tried to recruit new members to increase its influence

It wanted to increase workers wages and limit working hours

The police were totally responsible for the violence

The lives of women and children wee endangered

The protestors' demands were justified

Some protestors were prepared to use violence

Both were ended by federal court injunctions

Both were led by union leader Eugene V. Debs

Both ended in important defeats for organized labor

Both involved armed confrontations between workers and Pinkerton detectives

Government leaders received money from business and also believed in laissez- faire

Government leaders were followers of new ideologies from Europe such as socialism

Government leaders did not believe that conditions for industrial workers were that bad

Government leaders feared violence from business owners if they took the side of workers

Creation of the Populist party

Elimination of child labor

Organization of labor unions

Increase in immigrant workers