Social Studies Reform Movements

Reform Movements of Industrialization

Open Ended

Who are the workers in this cartoon?

Who is the employer?

Why are the reindeer protesting?

What tactics might the reindeer use to get their demands met?

Open Ended

What societal issues did the people of the Industrial Era Face?

List 3-4 below.

How is it possible to change the problems of society?

What is a Reform Movement?

-A reform movement is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or political system closer to the community's ideal.

-Reform movements bring issues into public discussion.

Vocabulary Practice:

You have probably heard of the following vocabulary words before. Let's review.

Multiple Choice

What is a labor union?

• Workers who refuse to do the job because they want to get paid more

• Groups of workers at the same job who join together to get better working conditions

• A refusal to buy a good or a service

Multiple Choice

When workers refuse to work until their terms are met by their employer

• picket

• protest

• strike

• boycott

Multiple Choice

Negotiations between the labor union (workers) and the employer (boss) is known as...

• protest

• strike

• boycott

• collective bargaining

Multiple Choice

Civil disobedience means...

• refusal to obey certain laws

• the right to vote.

• refusal to work.

Multiple Choice

The term suffrage means...

• the right to vote

• the right to torture

• pain and suffering

• refusal to work

Open Ended

Predict what you think will need to happen in Britain in order for life to improve?