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History Alive! Chapter 14 Study Guide

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Study Guide for Chapter 14 Labor?s Response to Industrialism Key Content Terms Define and explain the significance of each Key Content Term. Working class Child labor American Federation of Labor (AFL) Haymarket Affair Homestead Strike Pullman Strike Key Content Questions Consult History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals and your reading notes to answer the following questions. Summarize the effects of industrialization on the living and working conditions of the working class. What factors led to the formation of early labor unions? Historically, labor unions have focused on which three ?bread-and-butter? objectives? Identify tactics that business owners and management used to undermine unions. Discuss the impact that the major strikes of the late 1800s had on unions.

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Saaim Khan 1.19.17 Study Guide for Chapter 14 Labor?s Response to Industrialism Key Content Terms Define and explain the significance of each Key Content Term. Working class: These workers were the ones who made the wealth of Rockefeller and Carnegie possible. They accepted low pay and dangerous conditions because they could not afford to lose their jobs. Many working-class families lived in run-down tenements in poor slums. They were ?crushed? by the upper class because they were not above the ?separation? line. Child labor: The American industry relied on the labor of children, because they had the ability to squeeze into tight spaces since they were small. They often worked longer hours than adults for the same pay.

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Chapter 21: Urban America and the Progressive Era (1900-1917) American Communities Lillian Wald was a girl with a good upbringing who moved to NY to become a nurse Wald and Mary Brewster worked as visiting nurses Professional care at home for 10 to 25 cents, info on health care, sanitation, and disease prevention 1895 ? philanthropist Jacob Smith donated house on Henry Street Settlement @ Lower East Side Henry Street Settlement became example for new kind of reform community based on college level women Unlike other moral reformers, they lived alongside the poor and worked from the inside Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, Florence Kelly Henry Street Settlement survived by donations from wealthy NYers
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