WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Was short lived due to lack of public support after the Haymarket Square Riot.
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Became the voice for skilled laborers in the Gilded Age.
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Began as a secret society of tailors.
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Quickly achieved its goals of ending child labor and increasing wages.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The American Federation of Labor Unlike the National Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, the AFL represented only skilled white male craftsmen in the cities. Despite this limitation, however, the AFL survived the Gilded Age and would become one of the most powerful labor unions in the new century.
Detailed explanation-2: -We advocate for strengthening Social Security and private pensions, ensuring fair tax policies, and making high-quality, affordable health care available to all. We fight for keeping good jobs at home by reforming trade rules, reindustrializing the U.S. economy and providing worker protections in the global economy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gilded Age’s two most important movements were the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor was founded in 1869 by Philadelphia garment cutters.
Detailed explanation-4: -Knights of Labor The AFL focused on winning economic benefits for its members through collective bargaining. As a federation, it represented several national craft unions that each retained autonomous operations. The Knights, by contrast, represented both craft and unskilled workers…