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
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(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 ______________________________
