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This movement came to place largely due to the fact that there was not a lot of political bias involved. Disputes with the government solely were based on improving the working enviornment.

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The AFL was formed to promote a better workplace, supporting the 8-hour workday.

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The movement of the AFL started in Columbus, Ohio

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This came around the same time as the KOL, specifically in 1886

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This was another organization centered around the improvement of the workplace for the majority of the population.

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Samuel Gompers was the leader of the AFL until his death in 1924

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This was formed with a common goal of making the workplace safer, eliminating child labor, and creating equal pay opportunity for males and females alike.

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This knights of labor grew to be very large due to its acceptance of everyone, no matter what race or gender.

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The KOL originated in Philadelphia, where Uriah Stephens lived.

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This band of people first came to be during the Panic of 1873 and became even more prevalent afterwards, becoming a nationally known movement.

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KOL was a group that was centered around having an 8-hour workday and allowed anyone to join the "club"

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Uriah Stephens led the way in the development of the Knights of Labor.

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This was created by timing different parts of the manufacturing process, the breaking up tasks by where the best time for each part fit.

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This process was an attempt to speed up the manufacturing process.

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First took place in the Midvale Steel COmpany

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The introduction of this method of Manufacturing came around in the 1880's.

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The dividing of manufacturing processes to get piece by piece, part by part made quicker.

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Frederick Taylor introduced a stop-watch manufacturing process, leading to what most would refer to as an assembly line.

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Manufacturing efficiency at its finest (at the time)

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The mini-depression

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Too much investments of railroad industry bonds led to an economic recession.

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This was a result of investing too much in the railroad industry.

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A miniature great depression occurred when too much money was invested into the railroad industry. Companies had bonds based on railroad growth, which halted, making the bonds worthless. Banks and businesses alike went bankrupt.

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Based in New York, this affected the entire U.S. economy

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Tens of thousands of Americans were affected by this event, whether it was a big company like Jay Cooke & Company or a lower class laborer.

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All trade in the New York Stock Exchange was halted for ten days due to so many major investing companies filing for bakruptcy.

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This happened all across the country. Large cities got the best of it with large department store uprisings such as Macy's and Gimbel's.

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This occurred in the 1870s.

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This was the point in time where the economy was able to diversify and more products were available to purchase. Instead of having one pair of shoes to choose from, there were ten.

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Those involved were basically anyone that could afford to purchase goods. There were multiple company pop-ups such as Sears and Roebuck. Macy's and Gimbals were large department stores that came up

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This was a result of development after the initial Industrial revolution. The American economy had started to grow, increasing wages and allowing for more spending of a family's weekly budget.

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Finally, something new and cool to buy!

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This was able to happen because of the growing economy, which eventually led to the American Dream becoming a possibility

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The working class was there to do the dirty work for all the big names. All of them worked for who nowadays, people would refer to as "the man" , or "the boss" in the workplace. The rich man who was there to gain wealth for himself, not anyone else.

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Dirty, cramped

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The lower class was mainly the working class. The head of most households desired to be able to provide entirely for the whole family, but that rarely happened as their wages were very inconsistent and low.

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The head of most households desired to be able to provide entirely for the whole family, but that rarely happened as their wages were very inconsistent and low. It was a very rough place to be because of the difficult labor

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The Working Class was most prevalent during the Industrial Revolution

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The working class survived paycheck to paycheck, and children often ended up working to bring in extra income.

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The working class mostly settled in communities away from their workplace and some could say they were the founders of the suburbs.