2.10 Progressive Era by PadletUser10043

The Working Class

capti2018 — 2025-06-24 22:36:04 UTC

The working class consisted mostly of immigrants, women, children, and factory workers. A majority of these people worked in terrible working conditions where they faced severe dangers without safety measures. This took place in the 19th and 20th centuries in urbanized cities like Pittsburgh or New York City. The reason people worked in these places is due to the industrialization and mass production for companies. The working class worked in crowded and packed places where they worked low hours with low wages. The impact of this was reforms and a work on safety and security for workplaces.

The New Consumer Culture

capti2018 — 2025-06-24 23:57:29 UTC

The middle class Americans and major consumerism stores had higher wages and goods which pushed the economy to have higher consumerism. This took place in the 19th and 20th centuries across urbanized places in the United States since mass production made goods cheaper and wide-spread plus department stores and advertisement made it easier to buy goods. The impact of this was that the labor demand increased and changed living standards.

Panic of 1873

capti2018 — 2025-06-25 02:45:01 UTC

The Panic of 1873 started in 1873 in Europe and the United States because of too many investments in railroads and bank collapses. There was an economic depression due to financial issues where banks and railroads were affected. This occurred due to the stock markets failure and panic. The impact of this is that the workers had worse working conditions due to the economic depression.

Scientific Management

capti2018 — 2025-06-25 03:01:17 UTC

In the 1900s, in the factories in America, Frederick W. Taylor created a theory called Taylorism of managing workspaces to have optimum productivity and a standard. This system broke work into smaller tasks and impacted factories by making factories efficient but didn’t provide the workers with a favorable outcome since they had to work like machines.

Knights of Labor

capti2018 — 2025-06-25 03:26:02 UTC

The Knights of Labor occurred in the mid 1800s throughout the nation for a union for all to organize the workers for improvement. This was to work out the poor working conditions and workers had strikes. The impact of this is there was a movement but fell after 1886.

American Federation of Labor

capti2018 — 2025-06-25 03:33:27 UTC

In 1886, across the United States, Samuel Gompers created the AFL. The AFL was a labor union that focused on issues such as wages or hours when working. This was formed due to frustrated people with other labor groups. Their main focus was negotiating with bargaining. The impact of this was that it was the more powerful labor union in the United States and changed how people worked.