1. Reactions to
Industrialism
S

2. S

3. The efforts of industrial workers
in the late 1800s helped boost
the American economy.

4. Yet factory owners often treated
their workers poorly, imposing low
wages, long hours, and poor
working conditions.

6. American industry relied on the labor of
whole families, including children, who
often worked longer hours than adults..

12. Workers formed labor unions to
improve working conditions and
wages.

13. Collective Bargaining
Workers and employers attempt
to work out agreements.

14. Failed negotiations led often to
strikes and sometimes to violence.
Haymarket Riot

15. Progressive Reform
S Progressives tackled a variety of
problems.
S They worked to:
S improve living and working conditions in
cities
S clean up state and local government
S advance the rights of women and
minorities.

16. Jane Addams
S cofounder of Hull House, Chicago
S worked to fix up poor city neighborhoods
S tried to improve tenement housing
S designed sanitation and garbage
collection
S Fought against child labor

17. NAACP
S National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People

18. S Worked toward gaining
rightsandequality for African
Americans

19. Women’s rights
S Women still worked toward their right to vote.

20. Many social reforms
S Many advantages and many
disadvantages.