Gilded Age-Chapter 6 Crossword

This era had immigrants coming from England, Ireland, or Germany in Northern Europe
75% of all immigrants entered the USA through this immigration center in New York
These people questioned the immigrants to make sure they were not criminals, could work, and had some money
What was the emotion many Americans felt when the immigrants came over?
The majority of immigrants worked these jobs
Industries were rapidly growing and in need of these type of workers.
In response to the low wages, long hours, and dangerous working conditions many workers joined this union
Among the first labor unions in america was this one
the most succesful union was the American Federation of Labor (AFL) which was led by this man
the AFL only included these type of workers, but it used collective bargaining to gain better pay, shorter hours, and better working conditions for its union members
this tactic was used to stop production in order to force management to accept union demands
business leaders resisted strikes by hiring these type of workers or private police to break up strikes
during this strike unionists demanded 8 hour day
during this strike, violence erupted at Carnegies steel plant
this age was an era of political corruptions in national, state, and urban governments
many city governments were run by this type of machine
congress passed this act in 1883 that created metri-based exams for most civil service jobs in the federal government
this was the worst scandal which involved bribes by railroad companies to gain land grants
this type of ring involved companies bribing government officials to avoid paying taxes
many government positions, such as tax collectors or post office officals, were appointed as rewards for loyalty to a political party, this was than called