https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m en-us 2017-03-14 15:03:40 UTC 2025-12-29 23:45:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/177786186/4e2700a5cef837e00963f3a54f65bb89/nellie_bly_9216680_1_402.jpg hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160260445 Lewis W. Hine photographed many pictures during the Gilded Age while child labor was present. His photos show harsh labor, long hours and no laws enforced for small children working. This led to a demand of change for all workers. ]]> 2017-03-15 14:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160260445 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160263434 "The Jungle" is a book written by Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclair spoke to the people through his popular book. He used this type of resource to inform people of terrific working conditions at meat packing industries for workers that also puts consumers in danger. 
"It seemed that he was working in the room where the men prepared the beef for canning, and the beef had lain in vats full of chemicals, and men with great forks speared it out and dumped it into trucks, to be taken to the cooking room. When they had speared out all they could reach, they emptied the vat on the floor, and then with shovels scraped up the balance and dumped it into the truck." This is an excerpt from Upton Sinclair's book. This explains the disgusting ways the meat was handled. Consumers were not aware of this until this was published and became popular. Many consumers became ill from the way the meat was handled and brought to the public. Industries did not care about consumers, they were in it for the money while the workers were doing anything they could to earn the minimum they were offered. 

Workers conditions for the employees were inhumane. "Let a man so much as scrape his finger pushing a truck in the pickle rooms, and he might have a sore that would put him out of the world; all the joints in his fingers might be eaten by the acid, one by one."  Workers were treated with no respect, they were hidden so the business seemed reliable. They were to not speak about  these conditions without fear of losing their jobs. 

]]> 2017-03-15 14:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160263434 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160270865 Andrew Carnegie, who owned an industrial steal business, hired workers for minimum pay, long hours and took advantage of skilled and unskilled workers. Workers fought for change. It was very difficult when so many people were unemployed. It was hard to get people to strike when people needed a job to support themselves and their families. The workers agreed to strike. Skilled and unskilled workers joined together. Most of the unskilled workers were immigrants. Businesses took advantage of their knowledge of our country, giving them minimum pay when they didn't know any better. Violence was brought by the government when workers refused to strike. The strike did not work for the workers. Pay was cut, hours were increased and the employment rate went down tremendously. Carnegie encouraged workers to rent homes from him, making all aspects of their lives controlled by him and his business. Poor workers had no choice, they were making money and forced to spend it on everyday necessities. No one was making enough money to save.   
" Within ten years, Carnegie Steel merged with other corporations to become United States Steel, a company that controlled 60 percent of the entire industry."  
The reason the strike was not successful, was the overpowering businesses and business leaders who care about their income more than anything else. ]]> 2017-03-15 14:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160270865 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160276434 Previously talked about was Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclair would be considered a muckraker, someone who exposes problems that are in general an issue. Another example of a muckraker would be Nellie Bly. Nellie Bly faked a mental illness to get into an insane asylum to uncover the truth about the conditions in the asylum. Muckrakers were very important in this time period. They helped spread information to the public that we do not already know about. They uncovered hidden truths that were effecting everyday peoples lives. 
"Perhaps no muckraker caused as great a stir as UPTON SINCLAIR." I read this on several different websites. Upton Sinclair clearly made a huge impact towards the Golden Age and the Progressive Era.]]> 2017-03-15 15:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160276434 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160547695 During the Progressive Era, prohibition was introduced. This would mean getting rid of alcohol entirely. This was trying to be put in place for many reasons. After work, men would go to the saloons and maybe have a couple of beers. They would come home drunk to their angry wives. Saloons would host many benefits. Some men could cash their check at the saloon and be tempted to buy a bear or two. The saloons also had gambling and prostitution present. The women were angry with it and tried to demand change.
"Prohibition was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse." This was from the document we watched in class about the prohibition, the only goal here was to make America a little more safer.
A leader and activist, Carrie A. Nation, became famous during this time. Carrie believed that many of America's problems came from all of the drunk men. Carrie got world attention when she started "smashing" saloons with a hatchet. She was arrested and released several times but continued her goal to get rid of all the saloons. Her acts led to the passing of the 18th amendment.

"Prohibition was difficult to enforce, despite the passage of companion legislation known as the Volstead Act. The increase of the illegal production and sale of liquor (known as “bootlegging”), the proliferation of speakeasies (illegal drinking spots) and the accompanying rise in gang violence and other crimes led to waning support for Prohibition by the end of the 1920s. In early 1933, Congress adopted a resolution proposing a 21st Amendment to the Constitution that would repeal the 18th. It was ratified by the end of that year, bringing the Prohibition era to a close."  http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition 

]]> 2017-03-16 14:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160547695 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160554893 There is a lot of things we can take away from this time in History. In each event that took place, people demanded change. The people were the ones who wanted to see a difference. They were faced with challenges of large overpowering businesses and business leaders. One of the main things I think we can take away from this is, there's power in numbers. If there are enough people to demand something, I think it can be done. Power should be equal, citizens should feel that they have a say in our country. They should also be able to act upon it. ]]> 2017-03-16 14:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160554893 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160557327 In many ways history continues to repeat itself. We have the gender gap. 
" The average woman's unadjusted annual salary has been cited as 78% to 82% of that of the average man's."  
This is a prime example of history repeating itself. Something that affects all women every day. This relates to the homestead strike. Unskilled workers and skilled workers were looked at differently by each other. Skilled workers felt superior to those who were unskilled. Just like the stereotype that men are superior to men, that some believe they are better than others and continue to look down on them. The gender gap is a true statistic that this is not equal. ]]> 2017-03-16 14:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160557327 hibbsb https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160561272 Another graph that shows inequality around us. ]]> 2017-03-16 15:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hibbsb/1utol0h5qp8m/wish/160561272