| Founder and first president of the American
Federation of Labor, he became a leading
spokesman for the labor movement. |
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| A business that agrees to hire only workers
who belong to a single labor union. |
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| This Supreme Court decision declared that
a state could regulate private property affected by the public interest. |
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| Unscrupulous business leaders. |
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| A combination of companies or industries
established to reduce competition and increase
profits. |
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| This labor confrontation took place between
striking workers and police in Chicago where
labor took on a radical Marxist-anarchist
image in the press and public opinion turned
against the union movement. |
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| This socialist party labor leader was imprisoned
for denouncing capitalism and World War I. |
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| This law placed telephone and telegraph companies
under I. C. C. supervision. |
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| This Supreme Court decision ruled that the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act did not apply to manufacturing. |
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| The attempt of two or more business firms
to limit competition by charging the same
price and sharing the same market. |
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| This 1887 federal law outlawed unfair business
practices and established the first regulatory
commission. |
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| This financier dominated American railroading
at the turn of the century. |
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| This endorsed the use of a court injunction
in a labor strike. |
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