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Who? The Working Class during the Progressive Era worked very long, harsh hours. They dealt with poor living conditions due to overcrowding, disease, unpaved streets, and more.

Where? The working class lived in the United States.

When? 1900-1917 was when hazardous living conditions was a huge issue for the working class.

How? Wages were low and places were overcrowded. The working class was important for daily needs, but their work settings weren't the best.

Why? The working class dealt with long hours and hard labor. But, their work was important for citizens, goods, etc. which is why they were needed during the Progressive Era.

There were very few services for citizens to rely on at the time, which is why the working class was important and made a huge impact on the US at the time. It helped the Progressive Era move forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Q4zPR4G7M

Video explains the working class and the Progressive Era in general.

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What? The new consumer culture was a lifestyle that became very focused on spending money to buy material goods.

Who? Majority of the consumers were from the middle-class.

How? This began to take shape in the 1920s. It started due to workers' strong desire for access to consumer goods.

Why? It was a culture of consumers desperate for time-saving and leisure commodities.

When? This began in the 1920s and emerged during the 1950s.

This improved goods at lower prices and also increased advertising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41iIVzy4s-I

Video gives insight on what consumer culture was.

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What? This was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America.

Who? It triggered the "Great Depression" in the United States and more.

When? 1873.

How? This first started when the stock market crashed. Investors began to sell off the investments they had in American projects, particularly railroads.

Why? The banking firm Jay Cooke and Company declared bankruptcy.

This caused unemployment to rise, tons of businesses went bankrupt, and the stock exchange had to close at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SDv3QA_vFo

Video describes what the Panic of 1873 was and why it happened.

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What? Frederick Taylor published a book known as "The Principles of Scientific Management" that suggested productivity would increase if occupations were optimized and simplified. This applied to big-city governments principles that had been used to organize large businesses.

Where? The Scientific Management Movement began in Philadelphia factories. Overall, SM began in the US.

When? 1880s and 1890s

Why? Like I said above, this would drive greater productivity and get rid of the inefficient ways of working.

How? Taylor created the scientific management theory, which really got it all started.

This improved the economy and helped keep businesses organized. The big affect was obviously the increase in productivity and work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNfy_AHG-MU

Video link that provides information on scientific management and Taylorism.

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What? Knights of Labor was a union founded in 1869. They pressed for the eight-hour work day for laborers. They also embraced a vision of society in which workers would own industries in which they labored, rather than capitalists. They wanted to end child labor as well.

When? This was founded in 1869.

How? This group originated as a secret organization for protecting its members from employer retaliations.

Why? They wanted to organize workers into the union to i improve working conditions for laborers.

Where? Philidelphia.

They worked to replace capitalism, increased anti-labor, and recruited hundreds of laborers.

https://study.com/learn/lesson/video/knights-of-labor-history-goals.html

This video describes who the union was, their main goals, and their history.

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What? This is a nation federation of labor unions in the United States. It's an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.

When? This was founded in 1886.

Where? Founded in 1886, in Coumbus, Ohio.

Why? This provided resources and support to trade/craft workers.

How? This was formed after the KOL rejected a proposal reaffirming the historic divide of trade-union and labor-reform functions. The craft unions then revolted. Samuel Gompers established this.

This union improved social security and made health care affordable.

American Federation of Labor (American Labor Movement)

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Video gives a background on the federation of labor and what it did.