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Consumer Culture

jfwmtqgfy4 — 2024-07-02 04:43:51 UTC

Consumer culture around the turn of the century was marked by the increase in brand recognition & loyalty to brands they recognize. Why people began to do this is due to popularity & social norms, if something you always saw people buy would you buy it over a brand that was less popular, in most cases yes. This has had a resonating effect on society where brand loyalty & recognition has remained today with brands like Kellogg, General Mills, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, etc... these brands have kept their legacy going through generations due to this recognition.

The Working Class

jfwmtqgfy4 — 2024-07-02 04:43:59 UTC

They were the Factory Worker, Immigrants, Agriculture Workers, & the Service Workers. What they did was play a crucial role in gaining rights at work, better pay, & getting better conditions, they did this by joining Labor Unions that would protest & fight for these. The working class were mainly in major populated cities & places with factories during the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s after the civil war until & during the Great Depression. The Effect this had on society through today's been these Unions, even today Labor unions still fight for better wages & conditions so companies can't just brush past their employees.

Panic of 1873

jfwmtqgfy4 — 2024-07-02 05:36:25 UTC

The economic panic of 1873 was a panic from the effects of growing industry & the economy to quickly, these effects were the over reliance on certain major industry, at this point in time it was railroads. This Panic started on Sep. 18, 1873 when a major Banking Firms that were heavily invested in the railroad industry failed, this lead to loss of credit, & making loans almost impossible to obtain for businesses. Many workers lost their jobs as stock prices plummeted to where the New York stock exchange even closed for 10 day days, this was almost a warning of sorts of what would come 60 years later in the Great Depression. This effects us today by showing us what not to do to avoid a economical crash.

Scientific Management

jfwmtqgfy4 — 2024-07-02 06:06:53 UTC

The Scientific Management during the turn of the century was a theory of management where it stated that "Workers are like cogs in a machine". It aimed to put the best worker possible at each position & aimed to train each worker to be the most efficient. This was the first attempt made to implement Science & engineering into management, in it's early stages it had many criticisms due to its DeHumanization, & bad working conditions that focused on short term instead of the long term for its workers. Its effect on today society is that similar to how we do it today where the best person is chosen for the job & trained, the major difference between then & today is conditions & long term goals are more of a priority.

Knights of Labor

jfwmtqgfy4 — 2024-07-02 06:09:58 UTC

Founded in 1869 by Uriah Stephens & a group of other tailors, the Knights of Labor were a sort of Union like group who advocated for worker's rights & layer out the foundations for future Labor Unions. The Knights of Labor organized many protests & strikes in aim to get higher wages & working conditions where they would advocate for a 8 hour workday, the banning of child labor, & equal pay between workers. This effects society today due to it being a inspiration for Labor Unions today due to their foundation that the Knights of Labor layer out.

American Federation of Labor

jfwmtqgfy4 — 2024-07-02 06:10:43 UTC

The American Federation of Labor also known as the AFL was a Labor Federation that focused on economical goals for good Workers. They were founded in 1886 in Columbus, Ohio by Samuel Gompers who had previously led the Cigar Makers' International Union, serving as the AFL's first president Gompers had to lead other subdivide unions that had joined that federation. To get their way the AFL used strikes & boycotts to make employers cave to their demands, these demands were never very much thoughts the AFL believed in steady practical gains instead of radical unrealistic gains, this led to them being called conservative as the bargained for what they got instead of demanding it. Some of these gains they achieved was higher pay, better working conditions, & better benefits. The AFL effects on todays society was that it also paved the way among other unions on how Labor Federations or unions needed to be ran.