WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Strikes by labor unions usually gained public support
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The government often opposed labor union activities
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Labor union demands were frequently met by large corporations
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Compromise was often used to end labor unrest in America
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unions were not successful because they did not have enough members, legislators would not pass effective laws, and the courts supported the business owners. Practice Describe three ways in which industrialization changed America in the late 1800s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Usually wages, health insurance, and other economic issues are at the center of these conflicts, but sometimes they are about other issues, such as seniority, hours, sick leave, overtime, etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -The federal government supported labor union activities. State governments offered to arbitrate labor disputes. Labor union membership was limited to mine workers. Strikes by labor unions were often stopped by government actions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement is a reason for striking against Pullman? I do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the American Railway Union because when a man asks me to give up my principles, my rights as an American citizen, he might just as well ask for my life.