Immigration

Wrote about conditions in the slums

To stop immigration =APEX

There was very little need for skilled labor

Nativist groups wanted to restrict immigration.

Machines took over many jobs.

Labor leaders and organizations had the power to demand it.

People worked shorter weeks and fewer hours.

crowded apartments

Poor families needed the money.

They showed that businesses had rights.

The government was willing to use force to end strikes

Large apartment buildings that were often loud, dirty, and crowded were called tenements.

Monopoly ~ APEX :)

Organizing through local chapters

They were filled with waste water.

Allowed families to become consumers