USII 4e- Progressive Movement- Labor Conditions and Strikes

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Bosses preferred hiring children because they...

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provided cheap labor

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Who were the Progressives?

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People who tried to reform the government and society.

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Why did people want to reform child labor?

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Children often worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little money.

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Which major strike at a Carnegie Steel Mill caused massive public outrage?

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Homestead Strike

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Which major railroad strike led to federal troops intervening and the declaration of Labor Day as a national holiday?

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Pullman Strike

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What event in New York sparked outrage and urged lawmakers toward reform when 145 workers died in a fire in 1911?

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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Child labor is an example of -

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Negative effects of Industrialization

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During the progressive era, how did workers fight to get better pay and work conditions?

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Create groups known as unions that bargained with the employers to improve work conditions and benefits.

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Progressives were concerned about the _______ conditions of the factories and the ________ hours people were expected to work.

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unsafe, long hours

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Progressives focused on three areas of reform: easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

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easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.