History of the United States

As a dangerous anarchist movementAmericans seen labor unions as a threat. This was broken up and some got killed.

A common condition in rapidly growing cities were that apartment buildings were being located near polluting factories.

The government was willing to use force to end strikes

lack of windows

Private security was hired to protect strikebreakers during the 1892 Homestead strike.

many people worked all the time and made barely enough to survive

Boy Scouts were founded first.

That government usually sided with business owners

Direct election of senators

the federal income tax was unconstitutional

The political goal of farmers was lower prices for grain storage.

President Theodore Roosevelt was against the misuse of power by the big corporations doing business as a trust or monopoly.

Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

protecting consumers and workers

The employer had chained locked the doors and the women couldn't get out.

Promoted laws against child labor (apex)

The strike ended with Frick (plant GM) hiring replacement workers for the mill under the protection of the Pennsylvania State Militia. Once he successfully got the plant running again, he simply waited out the strikers, until they began ignoring the strike and returning to work under Frick's conditions (the conditions that he had originally proposed, which had led to the strike). Within two months, nearly all of the striking workers that management wanted back had returned to work, the rest being permanently replaced.

Because all three major candidates were Progressive, Progressive votes were split.