Progressive Movement Part II
US HistoryObjectives : **Describe industrial working conditions in the USA in the late 1800s **List the barriers to labor union growth
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Timeline – 1870s-1920s
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Company TownTown rules set by the Company not Gov’tCompany money, houses, storesNever paid as much as they owed for houses –
cycle of debt
Impact of Labor UnionsThe poor working conditions and low wages
gave rise to the organization of unionsAccomplishments
Limited Work HoursRegulated working conditions
Other Early UnionsAmerican Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs – FounderInternational Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Labor - The StrikeThe tool used by workers/unions to protest
poor conditions and payRefusal to workProtest/picket
Haymarket Square Strike and RiotChicago, Illinois(May 4, 1886)
Labor union protestPipe bomb by crazy anarchist gets thrown at
policeRiot ensues
Public Opinion on LaborSplits opinion by USA **anger at violence at strikes **labor gets associated w/ anarchism
Other Strikes you need to knowHomestead Strike – Broke up by U.S.
Marshals and troopsPullman Strike – Results in Labor Day
Government ActionSherman Anti-Trust Act
Prevents any business structure that “restrains trade” (monopolies)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act – Woodrow WilsonExpands Sherman Anti-Trust Act; outlaws
price-fixing; exempts unions from Sherman Act
President Teddy Roosevelt(1901-1909)Square Deallook out for the “common man”
4 ideals of the Square Deal**Conservation**Regulating Business**Enforcing Anti-Trust Laws**Supporting Progressive Ideas
Sherman Anti-Trust Act(est. 1890)Law that banned monopoliesTR uses law to break up 44 different trusts
ConservationSet aside USA land for parks and forest
reservesFederal Parks saved
by TR:**Grand Canyon**Petrified Forest**Crater Lake**Natural Bridge
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