WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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quitting their jobs
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organizing to pass laws or make reforms
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buying the factories and changing them
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refusing to work and living on welfare
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Detailed explanation-1: -In response to poor working conditions, labor movements organized alliances known as unions and pushed for reforms. Reform movements happened around the world, but started in Britain and the United States. They focused on labor rights, social welfare, women’s rights, and working to end slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poor workers were often housed in cramped, grossly inadequate quarters. Working conditions were difficult and exposed employees to many risks and dangers, including cramped work areas with poor ventilation, trauma from machinery, toxic exposures to heavy metals, dust, and solvents.
Detailed explanation-3: -Workers fought their often demeaning work conditions by uniting together into collective groups and unions. The American Federation of Labor (AFL), for example, was created in 1886 for skilled craftsmen under the leadership of Samuel Gompers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reforms through Laws. In 1819, laws were passed prohibiting the employment of children under the age of nine in factories. Working hours of those between the ages nine and sixteen was limited to 12 hours a day.