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Social Problems

Social Problems Child Labor Urban Slums Crime Political Corruption Inequality of Wealth Child Labor Florence Kelley Reasons why child labor reform was largely unsuccessful Reasons why child labor reform was largely unsuccessful Business pressure

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Social Problems

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  1. Social Problems • Child Labor • Urban Slums • Crime • Political Corruption • Inequality of Wealth

  2. Child Labor

  3. Florence Kelley

  4. Reasons why child labor reform was largely unsuccessful

  5. Reasons why child labor reform was largely unsuccessful • Business pressure

  6. Reasons why child labor reform was largely unsuccessful • Business pressure • Legal system reluctant to get involved

  7. Reasons why child labor reform was largely unsuccessful • Business pressure • Legal system reluctant to get involved • Parental oposition

  8. The Lower East Side

  9. Tenement Alley

  10. Abe Ruef

  11. Poverty

  12. Poverty • 1% of American families owned 7/8 of the nation’s wealth

  13. Poverty • 1% of American families owned 7/8 of the nation’s wealth • 80% of all Americans lived at or below the subsistence level

  14. Poverty • 1% of American families owned 7/8 of the nation’s wealth • 80% of all Americans lived at or below the subsistence level • Average working man earned $500/ year

  15. Poverty • 1% of American families owned 7/8 of the nation’s wealth • 80% of all Americans lived at or below the subsistence level • Average working man earned $500/ year • Women earned $6.00/ wk, or less than $400/ year for 70 hour weeks

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