WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Millions of Americans will immigrate to Europe
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Union membership increased/workers want better pay and conditions
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Farmers will be forced to work in factories
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All industries will cease and desist
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Detailed explanation-1: -The concentration of workers in factories, mines, and mills facilitated the development of trade unions during the Industrial Revolution. After the initial decades of political hostility towards organized labor, skilled male workers emerged as the early beneficiaries of the labor movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unions are organizations of workers who join together as a group to bargain with the owners of the businesses that employ them. Unions bargain with owners for higher wages, shorter hours, better working conditions, and union recognition.
Detailed explanation-3: -They offer guidance to their members who have issues at work, speak on their behalf when interacting with employers, and negotiate better pay and working conditions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Labor unions were necessary for the establishment of workers’ rights during the Second Industrial Revolution. Industrialization meant decreased rights for workers, and ideas such as Social Darwinism were used to explain the lack of basic worker protections by the federal government.