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Name 3 Unions formed between 1865-1914
Industrial Workers of the World, The Knights of Labor, The American Federation of Labor
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What was the significance of the Economic Opportunity Act?
Funded the training of young people in vocation skills and further education.
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What is a white collar worker and what is their significance?
They are typically less manual such as office worker and so on and as time progressed more and more people became white collar workers?
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Name the date and significance of the Fair Labor Standards Act
1938 and it introduced a minimum wage of $25 a week for industrial workers.
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What is the CIO?
Congress of Industrial Organisations
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Which strike was the first to be broken by the law?
The Pullman strike
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What was the significance of the Economic Opportunity Act?

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Name the date and significance of the Fair Labor Standards Act

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What is the CIO?

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