Industrialization
The change from a farming society to one based on factories and industry.
industrialization
A business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock.
corporation
This is the term for underage workers had to work long hours in factories and missed out on normal activities.
child labor
Workers joined these groups to fight for better pay and conditions.
labor unions
Educated reformers who wanted to improve society and working conditions.
Progressives
A system where each worker repeats one job as a product moves down a line.
the assembly line
When one company controls all production and sales of a product.
monopoly
A term for not receiving much pay.
low wages
This labor union was founded in 1886 by Samuel Gompers.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Journalists who exposed problems in society during the Progressive Era.
muckrakers
Stores and businesses across the country where people buy and sell goods.
national markets
A group of corporations that work together to control prices and reduce competition.
trust
Most factories lacked basic protective equipment for their workers. Name one example.
Gloves, eye protection, railings, etc.
The AFL mainly included these type of workers- people who trained for years for their job.
Skilled workers or craftsmen
This book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsafe conditions in the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
The group of workers available to do jobs in factories or businesses.
labor force
An economic system based on private ownership of businesses and farms.
capitalism
Smoke and toxic gases from factories harmed this.
Environment, air, water, etc.
A protest where workers stop working to demand change.
a strike
What did Progressives pass in order to lower long working hours?
laws (or bills)
Leaders of big businesses like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Ford who helped grow the economy.
captains of industry
Many Americans disliked monopolies because they reduced this between companies.
competition
This type of factory was investigated by Upton Sinclair for The Jungle.
Meat packing plant
This major strike between steel workers and Carnegie Steel Company happened in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
the Homestead Strike
When someone asked Samuel Gompers what the labor unions wanted, he said this:
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