Industrialization and Urbanization Part I: Negative Effects US History Spiconardi.
The Effects of Industrialization
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--An attempt to fix the negative effects of industrialization
Child Labor
Low wages, long hours
Unsafe working conditions
Child Labor
Workers formed labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to protect the rights of working people.
Workers went on strike against unfair working conditions and salaries. Example-Homestead Strike
Homestead Strike
Workers went on strike against Carnegie Steel in Homestead, Pennsylvania to protest cuts in their wages. Carnegie used his money and influence to bring in the military, which ended the strike. Many people lost their jobs because government favored Big Business over the workers.
Improved safety conditions
Reduced work hours
Placed restrictions on child labor
A movement set up to help women gain the right to vote and increase educational opportunities for women
Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment
Women’s suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony worked for women’s suffrage.
o The movement was composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol
oThey supported the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages.
Carry Nation was a temperance crusader who destroyed saloons with an ax in support of her cause.
Sources:
Child Labor—http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
Homestead Strike—http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/carnegie/strike.html
Women Suffrage—http://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/suffrage/img/march.jpg
Susan B. Anthony—http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/lessons/susan-b-anthony/sba-arrested.jpg
Carry Nation—www.outlawwomen.com