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Hi. 1. Study Guide to page 21. Read the outline. 2. Guided Reading on next 4 pages. There are 7 questions to answer. Don’t read what is crossed out and skip the Challenge Activities . Need to Know List when done.
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Hi • 1. Study Guide to page 21. Read the outline. • 2. Guided Reading on next 4 pages. • There are 7 questions to answer. Don’t read what is crossed out and skip the Challenge Activities. Need to Know List when done. • 3. If you are completing a Unit 1 Project, DO NOT TURN IT IN WITHOUT LOOKING THOROUGHLY AT THE GRADING RUBRIC FOR THAT ASSIGNMENT! Grading rubrics can be found under the “US Projects” tab at mrlamm.weebly.com • If you are a sophomore, head to the Auditorium now for your scheduling meeting. Everything will be online for you. • “Working Man” • Imagine Dragons
The Square Deal – interests of businesspeople, workers, and consumers need to be balanced
Learning Goal 12 • I will be able to: • Cite examples of problems workers faced during the Progressive Era (children’s employment, long hours, low wages, injuries on the job, company towns, scrip) • Explain the solutions that were attempted • Summarize the response of the US Supreme Court to worker’s rights laws and how it affected union membership
Child labor Problems Square Deal Working conditions Unions • Kids under 15 worked in factories, mills, mines • Child labor & minimum wage laws = ruled unconstitutional b/c SC said not gov’ts job to regulate wages; if wages too low, pple should choose not to work there, but ALL paid low • Company towns; had to live there, paid in scrip instead of real money, lasted until 1950s • T. Roosevelt, balance needs of business, workers, & people • 1902 Coal Miner’s strike, pple w/o coal for winter, TR encouraged arbitration or letting 3rd party decide; 1st time gov’t stepped in to help workers • 1st to use Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break monopoly • Conservation = national parks and forests • 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist fire – 146 women killed b/c management locked them in • Worker’s compensation initiated - $ if hurt on the job • SC continued to rule against workers, union membership up to help b/c gov’t wouldn’t
Union Membership – Why did it increase so dramatically between 1900-1920?
1902 Coal Miner’s Strike – agreed to arbitration: help workers
Now Option 1 Option 2 Ignore the video and complete page 22. • Watch the video and make a list of 10 facts that you watched or heard. You can write them on page 22. Ignore the handout; if you watch the video you don’t have to complete the handout.
PROBLEMS PEOPLE FACED SOLUTIONS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER