Transcript CHAPTER 15 THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Chapter 6
THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
Section 1: The Age of Invention
Section 2: The Rise of Big Business
Section 3: Labor Strives to Organize
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The American Nation
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Section 3: Labor Strives to Organize
Objectives:
 Why did some Americans want trusts to be
banned, and how did the government respond?
 What types of working conditions did laborers
face in the new age of rapid industrialization?
 How did the Knights of Labor attempt to address
the needs of many workers?
 How did businesses react to strikes in the late
1800s, and how did this affect unions?
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Section 3: Labor Strives to Organize
The banning of trusts
 desired because of belief that without competition,
large monopolies would have no reason to
maintain quality or keep prices low
 not accomplished despite passage of the Sherman
Antitrust Act
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Section 3: Labor Strives to Organize
Working conditions
 low pay
 long hours
 unsafe environments
 possibility of racial discrimination
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Section 3: Labor Strives to Organize
The Knights of Labor
 included both skilled and unskilled workers
 included women and, later, African Americans
 organized strikes, marches, and demonstrations
 educated and organized workers
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Section 3: Labor Strives to Organize
Strikes in the late 1800s
 Businesses responded with blacklists, yellow-dog
contracts, lockouts, and violence.
 Business tactics hurt many unions and caused skilled
workers to break away from unskilled ones.
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