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    that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following. • PoliticsAnalyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following. • PoliticsAnalyze the roles that women playedAnalyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the folAnalyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s

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    environment and things were not as stabled as they should’ve been. Some factors that had a negative effect on society includes‚ working conditions‚ child labor and unstable homes. Due to these conditions‚ many people struggled to make a living. One of the main concerns that will be discussed is the working conditions that the workers had to deal with. These working conditions were terrible. More factories were on the rise‚ which in turn demanded workforce. People were willing to work at all means so

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    The places they moved were not much better for the families there. Working in mines and factories were unsanitary for anyone to be working in because hygiene was not that important during the Industrial Revolution. Smoke would be everywhere surrounding the factories and not healthy for workers (Trinder 609). The health of people were bad because when they worked with cotton thread was usually damp combined with warm conditions. Going straight out into the cold night air cause people getting pneumonia

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    The Tides of Change Throughout American history‚ there have been many movements that have had varying impacts‚ but none as extensive and influential as the labor and woman’s suffrage movements. Both arose during the Progressive era in which reform movements swept across the United States to eliminate problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. Small-scale business operations were soon replaced by much larger corporation based ones that supported themselves on the hard labor of the

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    citizens due to urbanization‚ child labor‚ working conditions‚ and wages. The first problem was the average man’s working conditions and wages. In the factories an average worker had to work 6 days a week‚ serving 12-14 hours of labor everyday with poor pay. Machinery was extremely dangerous‚ filthy‚ and lung disease was common. As a result of these poor conditions in the factories‚ workers were either fired‚ dead‚ or lost a limb. Despite the conditions in the factories children had it worse. In

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    positive effect on the economic structure in term of increasing the industrial productivity. However‚ the poorly organized factory system during the revolution had a negative effect in the social structure in term of the employment structure and working conditions. This paper will examine the negative aspects of the factory system‚ and the development of the early stage trade union. The paper argues that the failure of government

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    The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 was written by Friedrich Engels in 1844. Born in 1820‚ Engels was a German philosopher and scholar who moved to Manchester when he was twenty two in 1842. Engels became well acquainted with Karl Marx in 1844 in Paris‚ the two would later go on to publish the famous Manifesto of the Communist Party in 1848. At the time of the publication of Engels’ book‚ Britain was in the midst of the industrial revolution which brought about rapid urbanisation

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    The following text is an extract from Friedrich Engels’ book The Condition of Working Class in England‚ 1845 published in 1868-69. As the title indicates us‚ this text deals with England’s condition after the Industrial Revolution. Indeed the Industrial Revolution brought many changes in the industry of the country but also in social terms. This revolution made controversy because

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    In factories the working conditions of workers were not good. Workers would have cut off limbs ad even worst they could be killed if they were not careful when working. Also the workers would have long hours with little to no breaks and if they were to lack on their job they would be punished. As stated in the excerpt‚ Okaya Japan (1900)‚ workers

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    Could you imagine working for as long as 18 hours a day‚ six days a week? How about in 80 degree weather‚ doing tedious and often dangerous work? To make matters worse‚ what would it be like to be constantly hungry and tired‚ knowing that you would face harsh and hurtful punishments if you didn’t meet the demands? During much of the Industrial revolution‚ this scenario was the norm for men‚ women‚ and children of the working class. The pay was barely enough to live on‚ and the workers returned home

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