https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq Made with a curious mind en-us 2021-02-13 01:22:27 UTC 2024-11-10 09:14:35 UTC hello@padlet.com 933042 https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1198659244 One of the most powerful monopolies in the 1900s was "That of the Standard Oil Company founded by John D Rockefeller and based in Cleveland Ohio" according to (ohiohistorycentral.org, para 3, N.D). The government used it's power to break up this monopoly as well as a many other monopolies,  the law they passed was called the "Sherman Antitrust Act" stated in the article called (investopedia, para 3, N.D). This act was placed in 1890 to abolish monopolies and trusts.]]> 2021-02-13 01:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1198659244 933042 https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201633586 A labor union is an organization formed by workers in a specific industry or work area. These unions are formed to improve the workers pay and working conditions, as well as various other attributes in the working area. -paraphrased
(investopedia,p para 1, N.D)
An example of a labor union is the National Education Association (NEA) which represents teachers and other education professors. ]]> 2021-02-14 18:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201633586 933042 https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201678237 Industrialization has helped America grow to the country it is today "Industrial growth transformed American society. It produced a new class of wealthy industrialists and a prosperous middle class. It also produced a vastly expanded blue collar working class. The labor force that made industrialization possible was made up of millions of newly arrived immigrants and even larger numbers of migrants from rural areas. American society became more diverse than ever before"
according to (U.S Primary Source Timeline, para 2, N.D).

]]> 2021-02-14 19:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201678237 933042 https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201689102 Video Lewis Hines photos on child labor
https://youtu.be/pOIvdhmMaOE

Citation: https://www.britannica.com/story/the-rise-of-the-machines-pros-and-cons-of-the-industrial-revolution]]> 2021-02-14 19:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201689102 933042 https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201692435 Video: Man of Steel Andrew Carnegie

https://youtu.be/vmbRtjN0gAk
Citation: https://sarahwebbindustrialrevolution.weebly.com/monopolies.html]]> 2021-02-14 19:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201692435 933042 https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201694016 Video History of Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZFcskizd4

Citation: http://bostonreview.net/forum/sarita-gupta-stephen-lerner-joseph-mccartin-why-labor-movement-has-failed%E2%80%94and-how-fix-it]]> 2021-02-14 19:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/933042/1wlaiqhba7gourqq/wish/1201694016