Labor Unions DBQ
AP American History DBQ- Labor UnionsI learned how to use a thesaurus!! YAY =PSubsequent to the Civil War, the Second Industrial Revolution occurred, bringing in swarms of immigrants who consented to procure factory jobs with minimal pay. Radical ideas concerning labor were formed in Europe over time, and the immigrants assimilated those ideas into the American Labor System. Organized labor from 1875 to the end of the century was relatively successful given that it is viewed as a beginning to a new form of worker's influence. Such "success" though was not achieving without sacrifice and drudgery; for there were innumerous challenges and difficulties faced during the "fight" for employee's rights.A large factor in the outcome of this so called revolution was the opinion of the American people. As stated in the New York Times, the people were pro-strikers when on the Baltimore and Ohio Road. Some though were suspicious of the true meaning of these unions. Nast's cartoon inversely depicts the strikers as communists, trying to undermine capitalism thus challenging the accepted thought of the times. The Gospel of Wealth theory at this junction was also popular. It assumed that those willing to work could make it b
The Pullman Strike, The Homestead Lockout, and Haymarket Riot were all negative factors which damaged the image and internal workings of labor unions as well as the emotional damage to families of those who were killed. The Second Industrial Revolution was indeed successful in raising the status of workers. After the Railroad strike of 1877 employers were made to think thoroughly and carefully before negatively tampering with wages. The wages of industrial workers from 1875 to 1891 were incrementally increased and hours of daily were opportunely of an inverse nature. They further employed strikebreaking workers, and lockout methods so that the strikers would be starved until they subverted. Congress too was afraid of the extent of severity the situation could possibly attain, and attempted to appease the workers by limiting immigration to a small extent. After the incident with the Knights of Labor in Haymarket Square, the government was supplementary inclined to act upon its former negative views of Organized Labor. Through the failure of such, large corporations were increasingly more intimidated by how radical the workers could become, resorting to violence when necessary. We must all be proud of the sacrifices made to attain such goals. This was in favor of the unions because immigration brought cheap workers from overseas. This led to added infuriation amongst the workers agitating further hostile intentions. In addition to such hostility from the government, President Cleveland became involved when he issued a ban on the strikers when they started to block the tracks of important railways. The AFL survived the depressions of the 1890;s and by 1901 encompassed 1/3 of workers. Moreover, Eugene Debs, leading the Pullman Strike was found to be of a socialist nature, which adversely affected the image of labor, the very image he was trying to epitomize. Notwithstanding the impediments of opposition from employers and the Federal Government, the laborers were to an extent victorious in paving the way for increases workers rights and privileges.
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