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12480774406Homestead lockout1892 lockout of workers at a steel mill after Andrew Carnegie refused to renew the union contract and the workers prepared to strike. Union supporters attacked the Pinkerton National Detective Agency guards hired to protect the mill, but the National Guard broke the strike.0
12480774407management revolutionAn internal management structure adopted by many large, complex corporations that distinguished top executives from those responsible for day-to-day operations and departmentalized operations by function.1
12480774408vertical integrationA business model in which a corporation controls all aspects of production from raw materials to packaged products.2
12480774409trustA small group of associates that hold stock from a group of combined firms, managing them as a single entity. They evolved into other centralized business forms.3
12480774410deskillingThe elimination of skilled labor under a new system of mechanized manufacturing, in which workers completed discrete, small-scale tasks rather than crafting an entire product. With deskilling, employers found they could pay workers less and replace them more easily.4
12480774411mass productionA phrase coined by Henry Ford who helped invent a system of of mass production of5
12480774412scientific managementA system of organizing work developed by Frederick Taylor. It was designed to get the maximum output from the individual worker, increase efficiency, and reduce the cost of production.6
12480774413Chinese Exclusion Act1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States.7
12480774414Great Railroad Strike of 1877Nationwide strike of railroad workers and labor allies who were protesting the steep wage cuts amid the depression that had begun in 1873.8
12480774415Greenback-Labor PartyNational political movement that advocated laws to regulate corporations and enforce an 8 hour workday, called for government to print more greenback dollars and increase the amount of money in circulation to stimulate the economy, create jobs, and help borrowers by allowing them to pay off debts.9
12480774416producerismThe argument that real economic wealth is created by workers who make their living by physical labor, such as farmers and craftsmen, and that merchants, lawyers, bankers, and other middlemen unfairly gain their wealth from such "producers."10
12480774417Granger lawsEconomic regulatory laws passed in some Midwestern states, triggered by pressure from farmers and the Greenback-Labor Party.11
12480774418Knights of LaborThe first mass labor organization, attempted to bridge the boundaries of ethnicity, gender, ideology and race, and occupation to build a "universal brotherhood of all workers.12
12480774419anarchismA political ideology that stresses the elimination of the state and private property as a way to achieve both freedom and equality for all.13
12480774420Haymarket SquareMay 4, 1886 conflict in which both workers and policemen were killed and wounded during a labor demonstration in Chicago.14
12480774421Farmer's AllianceA rural movement founded in Texas during the Depression of the 1870's that spread across the Plains States and the South. It advocated cooperative stores and exchanges that would circumvent middle men, called for greater government aid to farmers and strict regulation of railroads.15
12480774422Interstate Commerce ActAn 1887 act that created a federal regulatory agency designed to oversee the railroad industry and prevent collusion and unfair rates.16
12480774423closed shopA company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.17
12480774424American Federation of LaborOrganization created by Samuel Gompers that coordinated the craft unions and called for direct negotiation with employers in order to achieve benefits for skilled labor.18
12480774425horizontal integrationA business concept invented in the late 19th century to pressure competitors and force rivals to merge their companies into a conglomerate.19
12480774426National Grange of the Patrons of HusbandryOrganized a kind of fraternity of farmers and their families; sought to break hold of railroad owners and middlemen who kept raising the cost of farming by pocketing their profits.20
12480774427Hatch ActProvided federal funding for agricultural research and education.21

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