Reforming the Workplace'

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Reforming the Workplace.

• Chapter 21
• Section 2

Made By Alexandra OHehir, Eleanor Jane Clare
Barry, Erin French, Timothy OHara, and Timothy
Kalkirtz
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Main Ideas

• Reformers attempted to improve conditions for
  child laborers.
• Unions and reformers took steps to improve safety
  in the workplace and to limit working hours.

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THE BIG IDEA!

• In the early 1900s, Progressives and other
  reformers focused on improving conditions for
  American Workers.

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Terms to Know

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
• Workers compensation laws
• Capitalism
• Socialism
• William Big Bill Haywood
• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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Improving Conditions for Children.

• Children had many jobs in the late 1800s.
• Boy sold newspapers shined shoes girls cooked
  or cleaned for boarders staying with their
  families.
• In 1916 and 1919 Congress passed federal child
  labor laws.
• These laws banned products made with child labor
  from being shipped from one state to another.

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Safety and Working Conditions.

• Workplace accidents were common in the late 1800s
  and early 1900s.
• In 1900 over 35,000 people were killed in about
  500,000 suffered from injuries.
• In 1902, Maryland became the first state to pass
  a worker compensation law.
• However new laws were not always enforced.
• Labor unions were a strong force for improving
  working conditions.

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