Farmers and industrial workers responded to industrialization in the Gilded Age through protests and strikes to fight for better opportunities and work conditions. Farmers saw a dramatic expansion of agriculture and movement Westward, but smaller farmers struggled until railroads and regulations allowed them to sell crops. Industrial workers organized large labor unions and achieved the 8-hour workday through protests, as industrialization increased unskilled jobs in cities but also hazardous and uncertain conditions, driving demands for protections and rights.

1. DAY 5 GROUP B
Maurice Jenkins, Brandon Hippel, Brandon
Houston

2. ANALYZE THE WAYS IN WHICH
FARMERS AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
RESPONDED TO INDUSTRIALIZATION
IN THE GUILDED AGE(1865-1900)
Question?

3. Thesis
 Farmers and industrial workers alike
responded with discontent during the Gilded
Age, until they fought for better
opportunities and better work conditions.

4. Farmers
 During the era there was a dramatic expansion in
agriculture, especially in the Plains states, which
attracted large numbers of immigrants from
Europe, especially German and Scandinavian
Americans
 There were a lot of protests and strikes by the
farmers and industrial workers for their rights
 Large expansion to theWest: the numbers of
farms tripled from 2 million in 1860 to 6 million in
1900
 With the expansion of theWest and railroads and
the Hepburn Act, which made railroads charge
consistent rates, smaller farmers were able to
sell the crops to the industrial workers

5. Industrial Workers
 IndustrialWorkers wanted more rights and
protections so the Labor Unions expanded.
 National 8 Hour Law Proclamation-The 8
hour workday came about
 The increase of industrialization in the city
lead to an increase in the number of jobs and
these jobs were mainly for unskilled workers

6. Industrial Workers Cont.
 Large increase in railroad construction
 Started fully using natural resources such as
coal, iron, and oil
 Standard of living increased
 Increase in Labor Unions after the Civil War
 The National Labor Union organized in 1866;
attracted over 600,600 members