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The Effects of Industrialization

The Effects of Industrialization. The Progressive Movement. --An attempt to fix the negative effects of industrialization. Negative Effects of Industrialization. Child Labor Low wages, long hours Unsafe working conditions. Child Labor. Rise of organized labor.

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The Effects of Industrialization

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  1. The Effects of Industrialization

  2. The Progressive Movement --An attempt to fix the negative effects of industrialization

  3. Negative Effects of Industrialization • Child Labor • Low wages, long hours • Unsafe working conditions

  4. Child Labor

  5. Rise of organized 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

  6. 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.

  7. Progressive Movement Workplace Reforms • Improved safety conditions • Reduced work hours • Placed restrictions on child labor

  8. The Suffrage Movement • A movement set up to help women gain the right to vote and increase educational opportunities for women

  9. Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment Women’s suffrage

  10. Susan B. Anthony worked for women’s suffrage. Susan B. Anthony

  11. The Temperance Movement • The movement was composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol • They supported the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages.

  12. Carry Nation was a temperance crusader who destroyed saloons with an ax in support of her cause.

  13. 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

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