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Progressive Movement Part II

Progressive Movement Part II. US History. Objectives : **Describe industrial working conditions in the USA in the late 1800s **List the barriers to labor union growth SOL – VUS.8 Timeline – 1870s-1920s. Oops, I forgot to include this last class Company Town.

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Progressive Movement Part II

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  1. Progressive Movement Part II US History Objectives : **Describe industrial working conditions in the USA in the late 1800s **List the barriers to labor union growth SOL – VUS.8 Timeline – 1870s-1920s

  2. Oops, I forgot to include this last classCompany Town • Town rules set by the Company not Gov’t • Company money, houses, stores Never paid as much as they owed for houses – cycle of debt

  3. Impact of Labor Unions • The poor working conditions and low wages gave rise to the organization of unions • Accomplishments • Limited Work Hours • Regulated working conditions

  4. Knights of Labor(est. 1868) • 1st major national union • Union tool – The strike • Inspired others:

  5. American Federation of Labor (AFL)(est. 1886) • Samuel Gompers • Became biggest USA union

  6. Other Early Unions • American Railway Union • Eugene V. Debs – Founder • International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union

  7. Labor - The Strike • The tool used by workers/unions to protest poor conditions and pay • Refusal to work • Protest/picket

  8. Business - Scabs • People hired by business to break labor and strikes

  9. Haymarket Square Strike and RiotChicago, Illinois(May 4, 1886) • Labor union protest • Pipe bomb by crazy anarchist gets thrown at police • Riot ensues

  10. Public Opinion on Labor • Splits opinion by USA **anger at violence at strikes **labor gets associated w/ anarchism

  11. Other Strikes you need to know • Homestead Strike – Broke up by U.S. Marshals and troops • Pullman Strike – Results in Labor Day

  12. Government Action • Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Prevents any business structure that “restrains trade” (monopolies) • Clayton Anti-Trust Act – Woodrow Wilson • Expands Sherman Anti-Trust Act; outlaws price-fixing; exempts unions from Sherman Act

  13. President Teddy Roosevelt(1901-1909) • Square Deal • look out for the “common man” 4 ideals of the Square Deal **Conservation **Regulating Business **Enforcing Anti-Trust Laws **Supporting Progressive Ideas

  14. Sherman Anti-Trust Act(est. 1890) • Law that banned monopolies • TR uses law to break up 44 different trusts

  15. Conservation • Set aside USA land for parks and forest reserves Federal Parks saved by TR: **Grand Canyon **Petrified Forest **Crater Lake **Natural Bridge

  16. Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom • Reduced Tariff’s - Underwood Tariff Act • Reform the Banking System – Federal Reserve • Trusts – Federal Trade Commission • Worker’s Rights • Last Prez from VA

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