https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62 Made with straight-up swag en-us 2017-03-14 14:08:20 UTC 2025-10-18 13:29:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png bresserh1 https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/159988346 "The external glitter of wealth conceals a corrupt political core that reflects the growing gap between the very few rich and the very many poor."  
-Mark Twain]]> 2017-03-14 14:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/159988346 bresserh1 https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160247552 There was very little and unfair pay for the workers. They could go on strike but they could be replaced easily. The working conditions were beyond poor and it was very deadly for just measly pay. Many employers hired children because they were cheap and could do jobs that required small fingers. Many times however, fingers and other limbs were snapped off.

Source: Homestead strike/outcome, Child labor 1900]]> 2017-03-15 13:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160247552 bresserh1 https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160251435 Most women either worked at a factory like the rest of the family or stayed home and took care of the house and children. But almost every single day their drunk husband would come home drunk and maybe high on cocaine. The women had no money to feed the children because it was squandered by the husband at the local saloon. The women couldn't divorce and it was extremely difficult for a woman to find work.

Source: Prohibition: A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.]]> 2017-03-15 14:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160251435 bresserh1 https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160524516 Unions were set up to get hard-working laborers fair wages, and safe working conditions. They were usually the bosses worst nightmare.
Source: The Mine Wars, Homestead Outcome]]> 2017-03-16 13:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160524516 bresserh1 https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160525931 Muckrakers were investigative reporters who were usually progressive reformers. They would go undercover to expose the bad things about the Gilded Age (i.e. child labor, unsafe conditions, insanitation).
Source: Explore Muckraking]]> 2017-03-16 13:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160525931 bresserh1 https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160530379 The historical lesson here is don't let money corrupt you. If you look at Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and the other businessmen during the Gilded Age, they let money corrupt their decisions. They were the ones who set up poor wages/working conditions, and used shady business tactics just to strike it rich.]]> 2017-03-16 13:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bresserh1/mswxaym7se62/wish/160530379