I believe the first species to use crude tools would be apes, or more accurately, monkeys.
Unskilled v. skilled labor and extreme tactics v. political tactics: the IWW used extreme tactics such as bombing and riots to bring attention to their cause whereas the AFL used strikes and worked with politicians more to advance unions.
The IWW was responsible for more extreme union tactics. The group had connections to communist ideology and believed in a need for a workers' revolt. They were willing to bring all workers together and use violent tactics to spread their message.
Nullification is where a state has a right to disagree with a federal law they think is unconstitutional and not correct, and no longer abide by it. Nullification would have weakened the Union because states would no longer have to agree or act on certain laws, causing obvious conflict within the state and conflict between Congress and the state. The state would no longer be unified and a quarrel between people in the state, the states, and between the state and the Congress would deepen and would most likely lead to war and weaken the Union.
President Donald Trump on Thursday, March 1, announced that his administration planned to impose a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on imported aluminum. His argument was rooted in the notion that other countries' trade practices have undermined U.S. production and could potentially compromise national security at home.
While protectionists and free trade advocates erupted into a fierce debate, the stock market tumbled. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 420 points, or 1.68%, on Thursday, the S&P 500 lost 1.33% and the Nasdaq declined 1.27%.
It's important, then, to know how important steel and aluminum are to the U.S. economy.
After all, as much as 55% of a car's total weight comes from steel, according to the World Steel Association. Roughly 50% of steel use goes toward buildings and infrastructure. And about 16% of steel goes toward making mechanical equipment.
