Gilded Age Labor and Strikes Analysis Packet
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Students will read an overview of industrial labor, the rise of unions (the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the IWW), and strikes during the Gilded Age. There is an overview page for the 1877 Railroad Strike, the events of Haymarket Square in 1886, the 1892 Homestead Strike, and the Pullman Strike in 1894. Students will then answer 7 comprehension questions and will analyze 14 related political cartoons by answering 18 questions (a few are creative prompts). Lastly, they will read 10 quotes and answer 17 questions. This would be great for a sub and the answers are included where appropriate!
Sample questions include:
--What was different about the Gilded Age that resulted in this rise of labor fighting for workers’ rights?
--Identify and explain the greatest similarity between the strikes and explain why it was the most significant similarity.
--How does this political cartoon illustrate a cause of the rise of the labor movement?
--Summarize the message of this political cartoon. Then, write your own historically responsible caption for the image.
--Compare and contrast the relationship between workers and management in these two images.
--Which event does this image most connect to and why? Does it support or oppose the men pictured and why?
--Inferring from the excerpt and historical context, why might Lloyd have associated patriotism with being against monopolies?
--Would James Weaver have supported workers or management and why?
--Based on this quote, would Sumner and Carnegie have seen eye to eye? Why or why not? What about Sumner and Vanderbilt?
--How does Carnegie justify the current industrial conditions of the Gilded Age?
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