THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
THE RED SCARE OF THE 1920S
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female workers in the dressmaking trade
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radical unionists and socialists
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African-American workers, both skilled and unskilled
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railroad workers, both skilled and unskilled
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Detailed explanation-1: -Among the founders of the IWW were William D. (“Big Bill”) Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM), Daniel De Leon of the Socialist Labor Party, and Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party.
Detailed explanation-2: -The IWW’s leader was “Big Bill” Haywood. The IWW supported striking workers in Akron, Ohio’s rubber industry during a strike in 1913. Most Americans during this era were not sympathetic to strikes, and Akron residents proved to be no different.
Detailed explanation-3: -Debs ran again for president in 1904, polling 400, 000 votes. He also joined with other union militants and radicals to organize the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in 1905. The “Wobblies, ” as they were known, called on all workers to join “one big union” and seize direct control of industry through mass strikes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Constitution of the ILO was drafted in early 1919 by the Labour Commission, chaired by Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labour (AFL) in the United States.