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Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution. By Solveig and Karlee. Causes of Industrialization. Civil War-The war encouraged production, innovation, and expansion of railroads Natural Resources- Ample natural resources, including oil, fueled growth.

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Industrial Revolution

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  1. Industrial Revolution By Solveig and Karlee

  2. Causes of Industrialization Civil War-The war encouraged production, innovation, and expansion of railroads Natural Resources- Ample natural resources, including oil, fueled growth. Growing Workforce-immigrants willing to work for low wages flowed into the country Technology Innovation-new technology and innovative business practices spurred growth Government Policies-encouraged investment in businesses and new technology

  3. Labor Unions 19th century Industrial Revolution Representatives of workers in many industries

  4. Influential Labor Unions National Trades Union- 1834, first national union, open to workers from all trades Knights of Labor-1869, sought general ideological reform; open to workers from all trades American Federation of Labor-focused on specific workers’ issues; organization of skilled workers from local craft unions American Railway Union-1893, first industrial union; open to all railway workers

  5. Strike Protest A mass refusal of employees to perform work Strike breaking- government troops broke up strikes

  6. Major Strikes • Railroad strikes, 1877. Cause : response to cuts in workers’ wages. Effects: set the scene for violent strikes to come • Haymarket Square, 1886. Cause : Part of a campaign to achieve an eight- hour workday. Effect: Americans became wary of labor unions; the Knights of Labor were blamed for the riot and membership declined. • Homestead Strike, 1892. Cause: Economic depression led to cuts in steelworkers wages. Effect: After losing the standoff, steelworker unions lost power throughout the country. • Pullman Strike, 1893. Cause: Wages cut without a decrease in the cost of living in the company town. Effect: Employers used to courts to limit the influence of unions.

  7. Boycott A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.

  8. Work Week 12 hour work days May 1, 1886 thousands of workers mounted a national demonstration for an 8 hour work day Terrible working conditions- long hours, small, dark, hot, and dirty, workhouses known as sweatshops.. mainly woman, owners clocked work and break hours and fined workers for breaking rules or working slowly

  9. Woman and Children Woman and children mainly worked in factories in long hours and little pay. Woman and children- by the end of the 1800s, nearly one in five children between 10 and 16 worked rather than attending school. Conditions were especially harsh for children. Many suffered from stunted physical and mental growth.

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