WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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often violence was used by both sides.
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very few workers participated in them.
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many were led by ineffective speakers.
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most were settled by collective bargaining.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the United States became a major industrial power, conflict between workers and factory owners intensified. Read about the Homestead Strike and the Pullman Strike, two of the most famous labor battles in American history.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the early 1880s, there were about 500 strikes a year involving about 150, 000 workers. By the 1890, the number had climbed to a thousand a year involving 700, 000 workers a year, and by the early 1900s, the number of strikes had climbed to 4, 000 annually.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which tactics were used by big business during the late 1800s to limit the power of labor unions? Picketing, Walkouts, Collective Bargaining, Mediation were all attempts by the WORKERS to get Wage increases and Shorter hours.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did industrialization bring about the development of groups like the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor? Industrialization created low-wage, low-skill jobs with workers who could be replaced easily. overproduction resulting in low prices for products and debt for farmers.