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Homework from Last time Get you Chap4 Sect. 1 & 2 Section Summary worksheet out from last time.

Industrialization pushes the Nation forward

U.S before industrial Revolution Agriculture main industry Less than 1/3 of Great Britain’s output Civil War boosts industrial production Ingredients for industrialization

Industrialization Land of opportunity Immigration 2/3 of the Americans worked for wages by 1890 1/3 of the worlds total industrial output by 1913

Railroad as a catalyst

Working conditions Lots of immigrant workers No Job Security Over 60 hours a week 35,000 people died a year Highest in the world Wages Men: $429 year Women: $267 year Unsafe equipment No injury compensation

Strikes Refusal to work Boycott Company Products Refusal to Serve “Scabs”

Knights of Labor Founded in 1869 Opened to all Labor Blacks and Women 1885 won major strike against Railroads Many unskilled flooded membership “Give No Quarter” 8 hr day Membership dropped after Haymarket Square

The Great Railroad Strike 1877

The Great Railroad Strike 1877

The Great Railroad Strike 1877

Haymarket Square Riot

Haymarket Square Riot

Haymarket Square Riot

Haymarket Square Riot

American Federation of Labor Created in 1886 Lead by Samuel Gompers Only skilled workers Focused on collective bargaining Used strikes as a major tactic

Knights of Labor & AFL