USII.4e Negative of Industrialization/Labor Unions

Cornelius Vanderbilt is the captain of which industry?

• assembly line
• automobile
• textile
• shipping and railroad

Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people and correct the injustices in American life

• Civil Rights 
• Progressive Party
• Progressive Movement
• Square Deal

Who were the Progressives?

• Factory owners who tried to make inexpensive products.
• People who moved out of the city into the suburbs.
• Wealthy people who owned many tenement houses.
• People who tried to reform the government and society.

Bosses preferred hiring children because they...

• had nothing else to do
• provided cheap labor
• wanted to rebel from laws
• were cute

Why did people want to reform child labor?

• Children often worked long hours in dangerous factory conditions for very little money.
• Children needed to stay at home and help take care of the household.
• Children were getting sick at work and spreading it in the community.
• People wanted their children to work in factories

Which issue most contributed to the early growth of labor unions?

• Dangerous working conditions
• Local neighborhood pollution
• Increasing income taxes
• Limited worker education

_________?__________

-Unsafe working conditions

-Child labor

-Low wages

What would be the best title for the diagram above?

• Negative Effects of Industrialization

• Positive Effects of Industrialization

During the Progressive Movement, how did workers fight to make better pay and working conditions?

• Create groups of workers of the same trade known as Unions that bargain with the employer for better working conditions

• Create societies that help find jobs for the unemployed

• Develop a corporation and allow workers to purchase the company

• Create associations that discuss workers concerns and dislikes

Workers refusing to work because of poor working conditions is called a ______________.

• monopoly

• union

• formation

• strike

What were 3 problems progressives thought needed to change in many factories during the late 1800's. Mark ALL that apply.

• children working

• long hours & low wages

• only adults working

• unsafe conditions

• high wages