History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 33, Part 2 - The Age of Reform
7 Feb 2012
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Lecture 33, part 2 - the age of reform: pure food and drug act and meat inspection act passed in 1906 based on the findings of upton sinclair, thousands of strikes in this period, a. f. l. : american federation of labour, made up of skilled labour: industrial workers of the world (i. w. w. formed in 1905 as an alternative to the afl. allowed unskilled workers, african americans, women, unemployed, homeless, etc. to join. aimed to create one big union to help all workers. often came in to assist in strikes, often ended violently; gained a reputation of being violent but were really into passive resistance and direct action. forerunners of the protesters in the 1960s. started free speech movement; spoke out against unfair labour practices. well known for using songs to spread their ideas. Joe hill wrote many of the songs used by the wobblies; martyr of the iww.
