37:575:202 Midterm: Midterm Study Guide
14 Nov 2018
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Week 6: the progressive era: radicals and socialists. Socialists: focused on a lot of local elections, gained leadership of several cities some socialists ran for president, including eugene debs they got involved in a lot of regular union organizing too: organized and worked with people. Wilson era- limited gains for labor: clayton antitrust act of 1914, keating owen child labor act 1916 (declared unconstitutional 9 months after put into effect, adamson railroad 8-hour day act 1916. Many labor related events occurred throughout the end of the 1800s and the start of the. In your opinion, what was the pivotal point of the labor movement. Post war: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s uffrage (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004) 19th amendment, massive strike wave- seattle, steel, boston, fear/anticipation of world revolution. Immigration restrictions 1921, 1924: prohibition 1919- 18th amendment, race riots 1919, (cid:862)red (cid:272)are(cid:863, palmer raids, destruction of iww. Sacco vanzetti: labor defeated in majority of 1919-1921 strikes, 1920 presidents- pro-business republicans, economy in 20s, consumer goods.
