Question

this chart shows some information about a typical worker at the turn of the 20th century. worker statistics at the start of the 20th century average number of hours per week 59 average per - hour wage 21.6 cents average annual salary $490 number of factory fatalities 25,000 number of on - the - job injuries requiring four or more weeks of recovery 700,000 this information contributed to what situation in the early 1900s? a reduction in immigration to the united states a rise in union membership and activity fewer regulations on workplace safety passage of a federal minimum wage law

Explanation:

The chart shows long working hours, low wages, and high - number of workplace injuries and fatalities. Workers would seek better conditions through unions. There was no federal minimum wage law at the start of the 20th century and workplace safety regulations were lax but this data would push for change, not less regulation. Immigration was not directly related to these working - condition issues.

Answer:

B. a rise in union membership and activity