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The Working Class was anyone working in factories and textile mills, operating machinery, or skilled laborers.

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The middle class was the main part of this because these consumer products transformed into status symbols.

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This was caused by the banking firm Jay Cooke and Company. When they closed their doors it caused an economic panic sweep across the nation. This was because this firm was a great financer of the Union military effort during the Civil War.

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The people part of this were Frederick Winslow Taylor and his associates. He started this movement with them.

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They were led by Terence V. Powderly and they welcomed almost everyone, even African Americans and women. They did not allow bankers, land speculators, lawyers, liquor dealers and gamblers. They were mainly consisted of low skilled workers, railroad workers, immigrants, and steel workers.

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This federation was led by Samuel Gompers. Women, African Americans and immigrants began to join, but then transformed into mainly a white man organization and with craftsmen.

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This happened from 1750-1850, a whole century! This started in Europe and spread during the Industrial Revolution.

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The reason why the working class started was to improve their working conditions and also decrease their harsh hours.

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The impact it left on society was eventually they did win their battle with their hours forced upon them and also their conditions were improved.

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The Panic of 1873: Understanding the Economic Crisis That Shook America

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This was a culture of consumers that were all for time saving activities and leisure commodities. They also spent lots of time spending money on material goods.

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This happened during the 1920s and happened in the United States. This happened because of the US's capitalist economy.

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The impact this culture left was destruction of traditional values, consumer exploitation by big businesses', environment negative impact and negative psychological effects.

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This was started because of the rapid expansion of American securities market in response to the capital demands of war effort and also railway development. This started in 1873 and ended in 1879.

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This happened in Europe and North America. This happened because of the crash of the stock market in Europe.

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The impact this event left was a VERY big negative, especially to the nation's economy. 89 of 364 railroads went into bankruptcy, 18K businesses failed in 2 years and unemployment rose 14%.

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It was a theory that uses science ideas to analyze and improve workflow, especially in manufacturing. It's goal is to increase economic efficiency and labor productivity.

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It was introduced in 1909 and happened during the 1880s as well. It was first introduced in the United States.

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The impact on society it left was predominantly improving efficiency and productivity. It also made work methods to go off of and personalize in your own way!

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They were a labor organization located in the US during the 19th century. They were founded in Philadelphia in 1869.

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Their why/goals were organizing workers, improving work conditions, and creating a peaceful and cooperative society.

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The impact they left on society was improved safety in factories, eight-hour work days, abolition of child labor, equal pay for both genders and work compensation for injuries.

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This federation was the combination of 60+ different labor unions that represented more than 12 million workers!

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They were founded in 1886 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Their why and cause was to improve pay and conditions, similar to the labor unions, which combined with their cause!

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AFL's impact on society led to many great things such as higher wages, working conditions, collective bargaining rights, and shorter work days.