1. Life During the Industrial Revolution

2. Growing gap between rich and poor.

3. Victorian Age Era of newfound riches and extravagances.
Everything in excess.
Beginning of consumer culture and modern lifestyles.

6. John D Rockefeller Owner of Standard Oil.
Controlled 90% of refining business.
Made huge profits by paying extremely low wages and drove competitors out of business by selling oil at a loss.

7. Rockefeller

8. What is the cartoon saying?

9. Working class become slaves to the Rich.

10. …And then there were the Poor.

11. Youth on the streets = gangs.

12. There were tens of thousands of homeless children

13. Children Receiving Their Meager Wages At the End of the Week

14. Life in the cities. Streets were dirty. Buildings were poorly built.
The first modern slums in the U.S.
Prostitution and alcohol abuse.
Child and spousal abuse.

15. Some women turned to prostitution.

16. Life at work. Long Hours: Hard Work: Easily Replaceable:
10 to 14 hour work days
One break for as little as 15 minutes!
Hard Work:
Manual and repetitive labor
Few safety measures taken
Easily Replaceable:
Thousands of other jobless willing to take your job if you quit.

18. Formation of Labor Unions
Purpose:
To protect the workers
Ensure fair pay
Create safe working environments
Decrease Child Labor
Set maximum work hours.
Labor Unions only work if every one in a trade agrees to join.
Government feared they would disrupt business.

19. Went on strikes to demand change
How do strikes force change?

20. Charles Ebbets

24. Video Journal 3: “Pullman Strikes”
1.) Summary of the Primary Source? 2.)What types of conditions/issues were the workers complaining about? 3.) What message was this person trying to convey?