WARM UP 4/15

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WARM UP 4/15

Which group(s) of people do you think you’re going to find working in

factories? Poor, unskilled immigrants

WomenChildren

REVIEW

Big business owners were often called robber barons because their workers worked __________ hours for ___________ pay

WHO ARE THE WORKERS?

Immigrants Coming over during the Third Wave!! Low education level Low skill level—given a specific job and that was

it!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=immigrant+factory+workers&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=x3Vt61xKLKLbdM&tbnid=Ai3n8PNx_nLp3M:&ved=&url=http://gameofroles.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-american-dream-myth-and-illusion/&ei=eP1qUYnGC9eo4APuhYGgCw&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNFVsf5uQNtA_CBmR6QJKPB3T03lyg&ust=1366052600595231

WHO ARE THE WORKERS?

Women Which economic class do you think women

industrial workers fell under? Paid less than men Some women were paid as little as $6 a week Mostly unskilled or semi-skilled labor

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=women+factory+workers&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Nu8HvE7U0yCtpM&tbnid=Skdk4LBJYjz90M:&ved=&url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/TroysCollarWorkers.htm&ei=QP5qUeGwHZGl4AO3hoGwBA&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEpZoT-dno7jr89Fotz13X1HgDPTg&ust=1366052801026672

WHO ARE THE WORKERS?

Children Why children?

Even if both parents worked, a typical poor family could barely survive on two incomes

Help support family Cheap labor Both young boys and girls

Child labor laws (if the state has them at all) often ignored

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=children+factory+workers&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=jaWgniEmpdeoyM&tbnid=qNPMKB6YxRi-eM:&ved=&url=http://www.friendsbalt.org/studentshowcase/middle/LearnAboutBaltimore/jonestown-mw/&ei=0wBrUavFPK-n4AP9pYGADQ&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEnIpUPWmE_Z3dw140tz6m9-abTXg&ust=1366053460408688

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=children+factory+workers&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=lLTliN9DQznsRM&tbnid=cWAOkR9D3P29TM:&ved=&url=http://natesleeter.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/57/&ei=0wBrUavFPK-n4AP9pYGADQ&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEnIpUPWmE_Z3dw140tz6m9-abTXg&ust=1366053460408688

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=children+factory+workers&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ShZ1kVmADwpoDM&tbnid=7m0_6KKG6qqYqM:&ved=&url=http://www.thenation.com/slideshow/159414/slide-show-nation-marks-may-day&ei=0wBrUavFPK-n4AP9pYGADQ&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEnIpUPWmE_Z3dw140tz6m9-abTXg&ust=1366053460408688

WORKING CONDITIONS

Sweatshops = poorly ventilated, small factories where employees work long hours under poor conditions for low wages

Often worked six days a week 10+ hours a day! Work = repetitive & boring

Often just given one task that they have to repeatedly complete throughout the day

WORKING CONDITIONS

Dangerous environment! Slippery floors, spinning blades, chances of

dysfunctional machinery Worker safety not a major concern Complaining = lose your job!

WORKING CONDITIONS

By early 1900s: ~35,000 workers killed 500,000 injured

LET’S LEARN MORE ABOUT WOMEN LABOR…

Among The Girls Life in the Shop

CHILD LABOR

Let’s look at some primary sources on child labor during the industrial

period…

DEAR DIARY…

WRITE A DIARY ENTRY IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF EITHER A WOMAN OR

CHILD LABOR WORKER DURING THE INDUSTRIAL PERIOD.

NO SHORTER THAN 8 SENTENCES!!

CLOSER

Write two new facts that you learned in today’s lesson about the working conditions during the industrial period in America.