1850-1910
Knights of Labor
eight-hour workday
equal wags for women
end child labor
American Federation of Labor
eight-hour workday
higher wages for working men
safer working conditions
benefits for injured workers
Subtema
Woman's Trade Union League
eight-hour workday
minimum wage
end child labor
ugly conditions when working
1800s
they develop labor unions
a group of workers organized the protests for conditions
work hours costs
the age limits towards children who work
safety measures
The Unions
used strikes, or work stoppages
to be able to pressure the workers
marches are organized to make the problems known
won the right to strike in Great Britain
1870
1900
the unions made progress in:
Western Europe
United States
since the Middle Ages
crafitworkers
merchants
shop owners
doctors
professionals such as lawyers
the industrial revolution was commissioned to create new middle class members
mens
they provided the money to be able to build new factories
handle new business
Middle-class families
lived around the central city
working-class neighborhoods
they had houses:
big
well-built
single-family homes with yards
they had a servant or two
the wives did not work outside the home
their work was:
control the maids
take care of children
make a nice space for their husbands when they returned from work
the working class life was made much more difficult
to the rich and with high performance was a time of discovery and research
new philosophies of life
people thought about how to develop a way to improve the conditions of workers
other people thought that the poor are responsible for their own problems
socialism
the control of the means of production and distribution of goods
they are owned by society
the members of society share goods, just like work
there are no capitalists
Subtema
there is no private property of:
factories
railroads
or any other business
Social Darwinism
Charles Darwin
his theory said that animals stronger and more adapted so that they overflow
1842
he wrote his essay called Natural Selection
1859
wrote About the Origin of Species and Natural Selection Means
he studied animals, not humans
people take their work and adopted it to humans
the Darwinists said that like the animals, the people who were more apt, intelligent and apt, increased their wealth
the poor were lazy and stupid, did not apply what the Darwinists said
Business owners use this to explain their power and wealth