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| American immigrant from Denmark who was a social reformer, journalist, and documentary photographer |
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| American immigrant from England that formed American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
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| Son of Irish Catholic emigrants to America that formed labor union Knights of Labor |
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| American architect that created the modern Skyscraper |
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| American landscape architect that created many urban parks including Central Park and Prospect park in NYC |
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| American politician that became political boss of NYC and New York State that influenced companies and labor of the state |
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| American immigrant from Germany that created american cartoons (Democratic donkey, Republican elephant, Uncle Sam) |
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| American journalist that created muckracking |
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| Island in New York Harbor that was a gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the site of the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station at the time |
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| Great Railway Strike of 1877 |
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| Strike started by laborers on Ohio Baltimore Railroad that went on strike for higher pay wages and lower hours. 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militias, and federal troops. |
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| argest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s |
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| American Federation of Labor |
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| one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor |
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| rally in support of striking workers in Chicago that resulted in a bomb being thrown and gunfire. |
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| Amusement park attended by many people of labor class during their relaxation time |
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| Urban park created for leisure of working class in NYC |
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| Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants that was once ruled by political bosses |
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| ystem of political control centering about a single powerful figure (the boss) and a complex organization of lesser figures (the machine) bound together by reciprocity in promoting financial and social self-interest |
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| World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492 |
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