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Ways of the World Outline Chapter 17

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Chapter 17 Outline I. Opening Vignette A. Mahatma Gandhi criticized industrialization as economic exploitation. 1. few people have agreed with him 2. every kind of society has embraced at least the idea of industrialization since it started in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century B. The Industrial Revolution was one of the most significant elements of Europe?s modern transformation. 1. initial industrialization period was 1750?1900 2. drew on the Scientific Revolution 3. utterly transformed European society 4. pushed Europe into a position of global dominance 5. was more fundamental than any breakthrough since the Agricultural Revolution C. We don?t know where we are in the industrial era?at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end.

History Alive! Chapter 14 Study Guide

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Study Guide for Chapter 14 Labor?s Response to Industrialism Key Content Terms Define and explain the significance of each Key Content Term. Working class Child labor American Federation of Labor (AFL) Haymarket Affair Homestead Strike Pullman Strike Key Content Questions Consult History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals and your reading notes to answer the following questions. Summarize the effects of industrialization on the living and working conditions of the working class. What factors led to the formation of early labor unions? Historically, labor unions have focused on which three ?bread-and-butter? objectives? Identify tactics that business owners and management used to undermine unions. Discuss the impact that the major strikes of the late 1800s had on unions.

History Alive! Chapter 14 Study Guide

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Saaim Khan 1.19.17 Study Guide for Chapter 14 Labor?s Response to Industrialism Key Content Terms Define and explain the significance of each Key Content Term. Working class: These workers were the ones who made the wealth of Rockefeller and Carnegie possible. They accepted low pay and dangerous conditions because they could not afford to lose their jobs. Many working-class families lived in run-down tenements in poor slums. They were ?crushed? by the upper class because they were not above the ?separation? line. Child labor: The American industry relied on the labor of children, because they had the ability to squeeze into tight spaces since they were small. They often worked longer hours than adults for the same pay.

Major Pre WWI unions

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Major Pre-WWI Unions National Labor Union (1866-1872) Advocated for 8 hr work days Took in both skilled and unskilled workers (excluded the Chinese) Led to the Knights of Labor Knights of Labor (1869) Based on crafts (carpenters etc) Successfully held a strike of the Pacific Union rail road Haymarket Square bombing American Federation of Labor(1881) Led by Samuel Gompers Made more for industrial workers Believed that fair work should equal fair pay Wobblies (IWW) (1893) Formed by Populists Overtime w/ Eugene V. Debs Seen as an anarchist movement Patrons of Husbandry (1867) Believed in regulation of railroads Wanted social improvements Membership declined but never vanished Greenbacks (1878-1884) Offshoot of the granger movement Gen. James B. Weaver was the figurehead in 1878
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