Question

The flowchart shows what happened as industry grew in the late 1800s. Write the letter of each

item in the section of the chart where it belongs. Some items belong in more than one place.

Fact Bank
A. at least ten people killed
B. Federal troops restore order.
C. airborne lint
D. Terence V. Powderly
E. cave-ins
F. Pullman employees strike.
G. pushed for a safer working
environment
H. Attorney general grants an injunction.
I. Strikers destroy railroad property.
J. Samuel Gompers
K. Eugene V. Debs goes to jail.
L. State militia restores order.
M. pressed for collective bargaining
N. pressed for action after Triangle
Shirtwaist Company factory fire
O. Homestead, Pennsylvania, steel
plant
P. women’s salaries not equal to men’s
Q. recruited women and African
Americans
R. Haymarket Riot
S. a blow to labor union movement
T. Three hundred armed guards
protect non-union workers.
U. Four strikers and several police
officers are killed.
V. McCormick Harvester Company
W. crowded, poorly lit sweatshops
X. Strikebreakers are hired.

Poor working conditions and unfair wages
__________________________________
(led to the formation of)
Labor Unions
Knights of Labor ____________________
AFL ______________________________
ILGWU ___________________________
(companies fire workers and lower wages,
leading to)
Strikes
1877 ______________________________
1886 ______________________________
1892 ______________________________
1894 ______________________________

Answer 1

Poor working conditions and unfair wages

W. crowded, poorly lit sweatshops

P. women’s salaries not equal to men’s

Step-by-step explanation:

Poor working conditions and unfair wages

W. crowded, poorly lit sweatshops

P. women’s salaries not equal to men’s

(led to the formation of)

Labor Unions

D. Terence V. Powderly

J. Samuel Gompers

N. pressed for action after Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory fire

Knights of Labor ____________________

M. pressed for collective bargaining

G. pushed for a safer working environment

AFL ______________________________

M. pressed for collective bargaining

G. pushed for a safer working environment

Q. recruited women and African Americans

ILGWU ___________________________

P. women’s salaries not equal to men’s

Q. recruited women and African Americans

(companies fire workers and lower wages,

leading to)

Strikes

1877 ______________________________

R. Haymarket Riot

A. at least ten people killed

H. Attorney general grants an injunction.

S. a blow to labor union movement

1886 ______________________________

R. Haymarket Riot

L. State militia restores order.

K. Eugene V. Debs goes to jail.

1892 ______________________________

T. Three hundred armed guards protect non-union workers.

I. Strikers destroy railroad property.

B. Federal troops restore order.

1894 ______________________________

F. Pullman employees strike.

B. Federal troops restore order.

U. Four strikers and several police officers are killed.

O. Homestead, Pennsylvania, steel plant

E. cave-ins

N. pressed for action after Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory fire

C. airborne lint