Concepts for Unit 2 (Some continue from Unit 1.)

Types of Labor:

· Artisan, craftsman, or tradesman

· Skilled labor

· Unskilled laborer

Worker organizations:

· *Industrial union

· Trade unions

· *Federation of trade unions

· *Congress of industrial unions

Types of payment to labor:

· Wages

· Contract work

· Piecework

Methods used by business during a Panic (Modern Term – Depression)

· Layoffs

· Wage reductions

Housing and labor

· tenement

Basic business terms:

· monopoly

· Incorporation

· Limited liability

· Capital

· Labor

· Machinery

Methods used by labor to try to increase pay and safety (notice death rates)

· Unionization

· Strike

· *Sit-down strike

Methods used by business if a strike:

· Strikebreakers

· *Arsenal

Methods used for business:

· Injunction

Method used for labor:

· Fair Labor Standards Act – minimum wage/maximum hours

· National Labor Relations Act

Government - state:

· Governor (executive branch)

· Departments (executive branch) – such as the attorney general

· Assembly or legislature (legislative branch)

· Judiciary/courts

state courts (judiciary branch)

Government – National/federal:

· President (executive branch)

· Departments (executive branch) – such as the attorney general

· Congress (legislative branch)
- *House of Representatives
- *Senate

· Judiciary/courts (judiciary branch)

o *Supreme Court and the Constitution

o Federal courts

Constitution and the Bill of Rights:

· assemble “peaceably,” freedom to

· speech, freedom of

· the press, freedom of

· *petition, freedom of

· jury, trial by

· *march on Washington

Types/parts of legal documents:

· amendment

· article

· Bill of Rights

· code

· *Constitution

· law

Governments – International:

· League of Nations

· United Nations

Change in government:

· *commission (FYI: 1^st used with Interstate commerce)

· ICC, FDA

· *SEC, AAA, *FDIC, TVA

Constitution and civil rights:

· due process” (FYI: it is in the 5th and 14th amendment)

· Segregation

Constitution and voting:

· 15^th amendment

· Poll tax

Movements about Government:

· *Anarchism

· *Socialism

· *Capitalism

· *Communism

· *Fascism

· Assassination

Movements, force, and violence:

· *Nativism, nativist

· Immigrants

· Rioting

· Deportation

Movements, force, and violence:

· *Racism

· Lynching

· Rioting

· Internment camp

· Concentration camp

Actions by Governments:

· Annexation

· Declaration of war

· Invasion

· Surprise attack

Governmental types

· *Empire

· Republic

· Constitutional Monarchy

· Monarchy

· Dictatorship

Weapons (notice time):

· Battleship

· Submarine

· Poison gas

· Flame thrower

· Tank

· Firebomb

· Atomic bomb

Economic developments:

· Trust

· “sound” money or Gold Standard

· Consumerism

· Bank, run on

· Stock market crash

Types of debt by farmers:

· lien (South, crop-lien)

· mortgage (Great Plains)

· foreclosure

Types of debt by consumers:

· Layaway

· Credit buying

Widespread use of inventions (notice time):

· Railroad

· Trolley

· Subway

· Automobile

· Telephone

· Phonograph - leisure

· Radio – leisure – CBS, NBC

· Movie - leisure

Economic terms on taxes/tariffs:

· Tax, excise

· Tax, income

· Tariff

· Protective tariff

Sports:

· Baseball

· Basketball

· Football

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