DAY 5 GROUP B

Maurice Jenkins, Brandon Hippel, Brandon Houston

ANALYZE THE WAYS IN WHICH FARMERS AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS RESPONDED TO INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE GUILDED AGE(1865-1900)

Question?

Thesis

Farmers and industrial workers alike responded with discontent during the Gilded Age, until they fought for better opportunities and better work conditions.

Farmers

During the era there was a dramatic expansion in agriculture, especially in the Plains states, which attracted large numbers of immigrants from Europe, especially German and Scandinavian Americans

There were a lot of protests and strikes by the farmers and industrial workers for their rights

Large expansion to the West: the numbers of farms tripled from 2 million in 1860 to 6 million in 1900

With the expansion of the West and railroads and the Hepburn Act, which made railroads charge consistent rates, smaller farmers were able to sell the crops to the industrial workers

Industrial Workers

Industrial Workers wanted more rights and protections so the Labor Unions expanded.

National 8 Hour Law Proclamation- The 8 hour workday came about

The increase of industrialization in the city lead to an increase in the number of jobs and these jobs were mainly for unskilled workers

Industrial Workers Cont.

Large increase in railroad construction

Started fully using natural resources such as coal, iron, and oil

Standard of living increased Increase in Labor Unions after the

Civil War The National Labor Union organized

in 1866; attracted over 600,600 members