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Wage slavery refers to a situation where a person is dependent for a livelihood on the wages earned, especially if the dependency is total and immediate. The person is working but not making enough money to live so they need to work other jobs to make ends meet. The person can't quit the job because they need it to live. This is wage slavery.
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How did slavery affect the US decision to wage the Mexican American War?
It as seen as a way to create more slave holding states.
What were Northerners who were violently opposed to slavery called?
Abolitionists. The Northerners who were violently opposed to slavery were called the Quakers. Quakers were a religious group who found slavery to be a "peculiar institution." The violence had to be internal as at that time most Quakers did not support armed force inside the US on social issues.
What is the minimum wage in South?
South Carolina has no state minimum wage. The federal minimum wage applies and is currently at $7.25 an hour as of July 24, 2009.
What is the average wage in North Korea?
The average monthly wage in North Korea is $47.
What was minimum wage in 1958?
The minimum wage in 1958 (in the U.S.) was $1.00 per hour.
When did wage slavery end in America?
never
What was wage slavery a reason for creating unions?
Yes
What is the economic system where you are forced to work for certain wage?
Communism or slavery.
Wage of a black man after slavery ended?
Most likely many black men had no or very little wages after slavery was abolished. The highest wage was likely only several cents per day.
End slavery now?
Slavery is not a big thing in the 2014. Slavery was a big thing in the past.
What is the difference between slave labor and wage labor?
Abraham Lincoln thought the difference was only that wage labor was temporary and slavery was permanent.
What was wage slavery in company towns?
A system for holding workers to their jobs until debts were repaid
What was the minimum wage during slavery time?
They did not pay slaves, thus the reason to call them slaves
What amendment abolishes and prohibited slavery?
The thirteenth Amendment does exactly that. Minimum wage legislation may also make the same effect.
Why did workers in company towns feel that they worked in a system of wage slavery?
They could not leave their jobs until their debts were paid to the company
How did slavery affect the US decision to wage the Mexican American War?
It as seen as a way to create more slave holding states.
What is the reason of having slavery?
Nowadays slavery takes the form of people trafficking, especially woman and children, to work as sex slaves or to be exploited in sweat shops/factories working for a minimum wage or for no wage. The reason is for greed and money
