Chapter 17 deals with the tremendous industrial growth that occurred in the United States at the close of the nineteenth century. This was a period of great wealth but also a period that held enormous poverty. Coupled with the rise of industrialization there was also the growth of the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor.
Questions (Please answer all of the following):
Identify at least two unfavorable working conditions that led workers to create unions. List two reasons wealthier people used to justify their place in society and how the union attacked those arguments. Which of the issues you identified in the first two questions still plague workers today? The battle between unions and the industrial class speaks to the growth of wealth inequality from the nineteeth through the twentieth century.