WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Industrialization of America
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Agricultural Revolution
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Native American reservations
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Tammany Hall
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Detailed explanation-1: -The labor movement in the United States grew out of the need to protect the common interest of workers. For those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Not everyone shared in the economic prosperity of this period. Many workers were typically unemployed at least part of the year, and their wages were relatively low when they did work. This situation led many workers to support and join labor unions.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.