https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2017-03-14 13:19:31 UTC 2025-10-03 21:57:38 UTC hello@padlet.com tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/159970078 Children in the gilded age worked for long hours with horrible conditions. Their families didn't have a lot of money so they went to work alongside their parents. Child labor was very common during this time because they could pay the children less but have them work more dangerous jobs. The child labor scenario document stated:Over 2 million children under the age of 16 worked in the United States.]]> 2017-03-14 13:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/159970078 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160238776 Upton Sinclair wrote a book called the jungle. It was about how bad the meat packing company was in Chicago. When the book was released consumers were mad and scared. No one knew what was actually going on inside the company. it led to many new laws and regulations being passed. ]]> 2017-03-15 13:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160238776 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160249807 Working in this age was rough. If you were a worker and over 16 then you worked about 8 to 9 hour shifts. Getting paid wasn't really an upside because you got paid about 20 cents. Unions were formed and workers went on strike]]> 2017-03-15 13:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160249807 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160254928 Unions were formed at work sites so that the skilled workers could get more pay and go on strike.Some Unskilled workers were allowed in the union, but not many.]]> 2017-03-15 14:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160254928 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160256859 2017-03-15 14:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160256859 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160510232 Mother Jones was a leader of the mine strikes. She helped organize strikes and she appointed people to lead them. ]]> 2017-03-16 13:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160510232 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160513918 The lesson you take away is that you should probably look at the whole picture because even though the gilded age seemed good, it really wasn't.]]> 2017-03-16 13:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160513918 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160528331 Many immigrants came to America during this time to work. It was a time for business. The immigrants weren't always welcomed and were paid less. ]]> 2017-03-16 13:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160528331 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160531990 2017-03-16 14:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160531990 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160532460 Women worked for long hours to support their families. Over time they went on a few different strikes and created unions.]]> 2017-03-16 14:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160532460 tillettb https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160534915 John Spargo was a muckacker who wrote a book about child labor. His book explained how bad and cruel child labor was. He tried to show the people that children should just be able to play.]]> 2017-03-16 14:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tillettb/o5c68ae8hv0v/wish/160534915