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DO NOW: Define the word immigrant. Give an example.

AgendaTest Review

Analyze DataMultimedia Overview

NotesStudent Workbook

Project

TEST QUESTION - NOTESThomas Edison revolutionized American

business by introducing all of the following EXCEPT __________.

A) the phonograph

B) the dictaphone

C) the telephone

D) the motion picture

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO UNIONIZATION

Low Wages Job Security

Poor Working

Conditions

Factors Contributing

to Unionization

Deflation

TEST QUESTION- NOTESWhich of the following is a TRUE statement about

industrial work during the late 1800s?

A) Although the work was often dangerous, laws required employers to compensate injured workers.

B) Employers raised workers’ wages to keep up with the rate of inflation.

C) The absence of skilled labor in factories caused a high number of injuries.

D) Factories’ unsafe, unhealthy conditions compounded the drudgery of industrial work.

STRIKE REVIEW- LABOR UNREST & REASONS

1877 1886 1884 1892

Great Railroad Strike- wage cuts

Haymarket Riot-wanted

to work 8 hour days

Pullman Strike – wage cuts

Homestead Steel

Mill Strike– wage cuts

TEST QUESTION - NOTESWhat triggered the Great Railroad

Strike of 1877?A) a wage cutB) poor working conditionsC) the firing of union employeesD) protests for an eight-hour workday

OUTCOMES OF THE LATE 1800’S STRIKESDeath

Injury

Fired

Blacklisted

Lockout

??? Higher wages

??? 8 hour work days.

??? Safe work conditions

TEST QUESTION - NOTES__________ undermined the growth of national

labor organizations during the late 1800s.

A) Unrealistic demands

B) Ineffective leaders

C) Violent protests

D) Workers’ apathy

PROJECTEVALUATION: (GIVE YOUR POINT OF VIEW)

WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF LABOR UNIONS IN THE LATE 1800’S IN TRYING TO SOLVE

THE PROBLEMS OF WORKERS DURING INDUSTRIALIZATION? IN YOUR POINT OF

VIEW, WERE THE UNIONS HELPFUL IN MAKING CHANGES FOR WORKERS BASED

ON HOW THE STRIKES ENDED?

PROJECTThe role of labor unions in the late 1800’s in

trying to solve the problems of workers during industrialization…….

were helpful OR unhelpful in raises wages and getting 8 hour work days.

were helpful OR unhelpful in making work conditions safe

were helpful OR unhelpful in keeping people alive.

When the strikes ended, people were …… (dead, injured, fired, blacklisted, lockedout)

In my point of view, the unions were OR were unhelpful in making changes for workers based on how the strikes ended.

AM. HISTORY WORKBOOKOpen your workbooks to page

55Complete the graphic organizer

Reasons for ImmigratingPush Factor Pull Factor

1. Avoid military service, wars

1. Jobs

2. Avoid religious persecution

2. Chance to move up the social ladder

IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES 1870-1920

1. RT – Approximately how many thousands of

immigrants from northern and western Europe arrived

in the U.S. in 1880?

2.RT – In what year did immigration from southern and eastern Europe hit its peak?

3. TS – Which of the 3 immigrant groups would have face the least discrimination upon entering the country? Why?

4. Challenges Faced by Immigrants / Benefits Provided to USA

TEST QUESTION- NOTESDuring the late 1800s, the American population

growth impacted industry in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______.

A) by providing a large workforce for industry

B) by providing a large consumer base for industrial goods

C) by providing an immigrant workforce that fueled industrial production

D) by providing the highly skilled workforce that industrial work required

INDUSTRIALIZATION POST-TEST