--An attempt to fix the negative effects of industrialization

Child Labor

Low wages, long hours

Unsafe working conditions

Child Labor

Workers formed labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to protect the rights of working people.

Workers went on strike against unfair working conditions and salaries. Example-Homestead Strike

Homestead Strike

Workers went on strike against Carnegie Steel in Homestead, Pennsylvania to protest cuts in their wages. Carnegie used his money and influence to bring in the military, which ended the strike. Many people lost their jobs because government favored Big Business over the workers.

Improved safety conditions

Reduced work hours

Placed restrictions on child labor

A movement set up to help women gain the right to vote and increase educational opportunities for women

Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment

Women’s suffrage

Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony worked for women’s suffrage.

o The movement was composed of groups opposed to the making and consuming of alcohol

oThey supported the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages.

Carry Nation was a temperance crusader who destroyed saloons with an ax in support of her cause.

Sources:

Child Labor—http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html

Homestead Strike—http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/carnegie/strike.html

Women Suffrage—http://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/suffrage/img/march.jpg

Susan B. Anthony—http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/lessons/susan-b-anthony/sba-arrested.jpg

Carry Nation—www.outlawwomen.com