Question

lesson 3 the organized labor movement
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workers endure difficulties

1. summarize what it was like to work in a sweatshop in the late 1800s. include details from the text.
2. identify cause and effect why did many children hold factory jobs at the end of the 1800s? how did working at young ages affect these children?
3. draw conclusions what were the benefits of company towns and company stores to the businesses that ran them? cite evidence to support your conclusions.

the growth of labor unions

1. identify arguments what did socialists in the 1800s advocate?

Explanation:

1. Working in a late - 1800s sweatshop likely involved long hours, low pay, poor working conditions, and dangerous machinery. Workers might have faced health risks and strict supervision.
2. Children held factory jobs in the late 1800s due to poverty in their families, the need for additional income, and lack of strict child - labor laws. Working at young ages could have stunted their physical and mental development, limited their education, and exposed them to dangerous working conditions.
3. Company towns and stores benefited businesses by ensuring a captive market for their products. Workers had to spend their wages at company - owned stores, and the company could control living conditions and thus worker behavior. For example, if a worker protested working conditions, they could be evicted from company - owned housing.
4. Socialists in the 1800s advocated for workers' rights, such as better working conditions, fair pay, shorter hours, and the end of child labor. They also promoted the idea of collective ownership of the means of production to reduce inequality.

Answer:

1. Long hours, low pay, poor and dangerous working conditions.
2. Cause: Family poverty, need for income, lack of child - labor laws. Effect: Stunted development, limited education, exposure to danger.
3. Captive market, control over workers. Evidence: Workers had to spend wages at company stores and could be evicted from company housing.
4. Workers' rights, collective ownership of means of production.