The role of workers during populism by 18J Smith https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z Made with magic en-us 2016-10-18 18:07:02 UTC 2016-10-24 18:01:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Picture of the Workers and their Working Enviornmnet  18ggordon35792 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131587885 Picture:
]]> 2016-10-18 18:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131587885 Main issues workers faced  18ggordon35792 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131588817 The life of a 19th-century American industrial worker was far from easy. Even in good times wages were low, hours long and working conditions hazardous. Little of the wealth which the growth of the nation had generated went to its workers. The situation was worse for women and children, who made up a high percentage of the work force in some industries and often received but a fraction of the wages a man could earn. Periodic economic crises swept the nation, further eroding industrial wages and producing high levels of unemployment.]]> 2016-10-18 18:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131588817 Enviorment of the Workers 18ggordon35792 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131590690 The change in the worker safety resulted from a combination of forces that include safer production technologies, union demands, improved medical procedures and antibiotics, workmen's compensation laws, and litigation. Ranking the individual importance of these factors is difficult and probably would mean little. Together, they reflected a growing conviction on the part of the American people that the economy was productive enough to afford such change. What's more, the United States made far more progress in the workplace than it did in the hospital. Even though inflation-adjusted medical expenditures tripled from 1950 to 1970 and increased by 74% from 1975 to 1988, the nation's death rate declined in neither period. But industry succeeded in lowering its death rate, both by spending to improve health on the job and by discovering, developing, and adopting ways to save lives.]]> 2016-10-18 18:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131590690 Primary Source Excerpt zavier_forbins https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131591761 "There is something radically wrong in our industrial system. There is a screw loose. The wheels have dropped out of balance. The railroads have never been so prosperous, and yet agriculture languishes. The banks have never done a better or more profitable business, and yet agriculture languishes. Manufacturing enterprises never made more money or were in a more flourishing condition, and yet agriculture languishes. Towns and cities flourish and ‘boom’ and grow and ‘boom,’ and yet agriculture languishes. Salaries and fees were never so temptingly high and desirable, and yet agriculture languishes."]]> 2016-10-18 18:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131591761 Explaination of the Picture 18ggordon35792 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131592171 The picture shows the harsh working environments that workers worked in during these times. In the factories their were a lot of smoke, sweat, and chemicals. When going home tot heir families they were tired and inhaled much chemicals from them working so long. This picture shows all the smoke that was trapped in the factories and that factories were the main focus of production showed by the many buildings in the picture. ]]> 2016-10-18 18:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131592171 Works Cited  18ggordon35792 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131595111 "United States History - The Struggles of Labor." United States History - The Struggles of Labor. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

By 1990, in Contrast, More than 80 Percent of the Labor Force Worked in Places Warmed in the Winter and Cooled in the Summer. "Wages and Working Conditions." , by Stanley Lebergott: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.


]]> 2016-10-18 18:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/131595111 How the workers feel about the government 18jsmith25389 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/132559842 The workers during this time period felt that the government did not enforce enough laws that protected the average worker in a working environment from the companies harsh working conditions. This led to workers rebelling against companies and going on strike in many cases]]> 2016-10-23 19:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/132559842 How the workers feel about the economy 18jsmith25389 https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/132797871 The workers during this time period felt that the economy was not in favor of the working class and it favored wealthy businessmen because workers were forced to pay higher taxes.

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]]> 2016-10-24 17:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/132799374 Meaning zavier_forbins https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/132799496 This picture portrays how workers and farmers feel by showing an industrial steam engine using  farmers and workers as wood for a railroad portraying them as tools used for the government.]]> 2016-10-24 17:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/18jsmith25389/arfrfkf99u3z/wish/132799496