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Brendan’s Scoop
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Brendan’s Creative piece Ryan’s Scoop
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Ryan’s Creative piece
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Marek’s Scoop
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Edwin’s Scoop
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Main Article
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Bibliography
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What Should Workers be working for in 1920’s? The industries are booming in almost
Bad working conditions also are a
every part of the country, new products
problem today for industrial workers, they are
coming out left and right, making things never
working in filthy places with filthy machinery.
thought to be possible. But their are problems.
Their is a lack of effective government
There is an increase in demand. Consumers are
regulation, that leads to unsafe and unhealthy
at their highest point, but there aren’t enough
work sites. It is leading to thousands of cases
supplies to fill their needs. This leads to hours
with people having diseases and people were
on hours of working at a time, ten hours a day,
are getting very sick.
six days a week. The workers working in
Farmers today are easily at an all time
factories have no rest, no vacations. Even
low. Since most of the focus is now on cities,
though they are working hour after hour, they
fam families aren’t getting the attention and
aren’t getting paid the amount they want and
support they need. After the first world war,
need to be able to care for their families and
the agricultural sector didn’t bounce back.
houses. To have a comfortable lifestyle and be
Crop prices hit rock bottom, and the
able to pay for expenses today, it takes an
companies that relied on the farms for business
annual salary of around $600, workers
also found it hard to survive too because they
averaged $400-$500 annually. Workers are
could not get the resources they needed.
trying to fight for their rights and form unions
The industrial growth and just the
but they are getting shut down in a matter of
growth as a country in general that we have
days, bosses are firing anyone who joins a
accomplished is just amazing. There are major
union and workers can be easily replaced.
problems though that need to be stopped.
Some workers working in Industry
Workers need to continue to fight for better
also faced injuries that they couldn’t pay for
conditions and not let bosses and the
while others, take Henry Ford’s assembly line
government control everything so they don’t
for instance, stand their for hours doing the
have a say. It needs to be stopped before it gets
same thing over and over again for hours. Both
too out of hand!
had flaws. Just last year there were thirty-five thousand deaths in factories! Workers need to stand up to get this changed before it is too late!
What are the Republican Presidents Really doing for America?
Could the United States have had better Republican presidents in the 1920’s? Prior to the end of World War One, most workers in the U.S. labor force worked in deplorable conditions in low paying jobs they could not quit because they needed the money to support their families. Although our leaders were trying to improve the economy by creating more jobs, they did not improve the working conditions experienced by the masses. After World War One, American citizens wanted their leaders to foster peaceful alliances around the world. The Republican leadership attempted to accomplish this by agreeing to a disarmament policy. Disarmament is the reduction of weapons. This policy was followed by America and many other countries. This policy showed that the United states was serious about peace and it meant that more countries would follow our lead and the decrease the size of their navies. Disarmament was good for America because it helped promote peace between countries. Republican presidents in the 1920’s promoted normalism after WW1 which attempted to return things back to pre-war conditions. During WW1 US citizens were poor, and couldn't afford to buy food. Most jobs were related to the war effort. Republican era presidents created new job opportunities for soldiers after WW1 and the American economy began the rise again.
Republican era presidents started deregulating illegal monopolies in the 1920’s. As a result taxes and prices were lowered, which resulted in consumers having more money to spend on goods like cars, refrigerators, radios and TVs. The creation of Unions helped raise wages and improved worker safety which resulted in a higher standard of living. Unions were good for American citizens because they protected workers and helped expand industry. Americans appreciated Unions for this. It was difficult to be a leader in the United States after World War 1, However, three Republican presidents (Harding, Coolidge and Hoover) persevered. These presidents helped America return to normalcy, promoted peace between nations of the world and boosted the economy by creating new jobs.
Are new production techniques good or bad? The introduction of assembly line factories gave more people jobs and a steady income. New techniques affected the industrial worker of the 1920’s. One of the new tecniques used was the assembly line. It made production faster, cheaper, and easier. The new manufacturing processes made non-skilled workers able to get jobs. The assembly line helped to revolutionise manufacturing techniques in the 1920’s. With this new way of making things the cost of production is now more efficient. Other industries soon adopted the innovation and today everything is made on assembly lines. Standardization led to more reliable products, lower costs and higher quality. The assembly line cut the amount of time it took to assemble a Model T from 12.5 hours to just 93 minutes. Higher productivity means more profit, some of which is often returned to workers through higher wages. Workers then create a virtuous cycle of growth which is the term economists use for having more money to buy products. The specialization of the assembly line meant that Ford no longer had to use craftsmen and could instead hire low-skill workers and teach them a few simple steps. The workers had both more money and more leisure time to buy products and enjoy them. Factory workers had to face long hours, poor working conditions, and job instability. During economic recessions many workers lost their jobs or faced sharp pay cuts. New employees found the discipline and regulation of factory work to be very different from other types of work. Work was often monotonous because workers performed one task over and over.
It was also strictly regulated. Working hours were long averaging at least ten hours a day and six days a week for most workers. For men and women from agricultural backgrounds these new conditions proved challenging because farm work tended to be more flexible and offered a variety of work tasks. Factory work was also different for skilled artisans, who had once hand-crafted goods on their own schedule. Factory conditions were also poor and, in some cases, deplorable. Lack of effective government regulation led to unsafe and unhealthy work sites. In the late nineteenth century more industrial accidents occurred in the United States than in any other industrial country. The general public became concerned with industrial accidents only when scores of workers were killed in a single widely reported incident, such as the many coal-mine explosions or the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911. On the one hand it’s good that people could be employed on the other hand the work was dangerous, they had a steady income but they worked long hours. Although the assembly line helped speed up the production process the workers of factories had other problems. Like
unions
Are unions good or bad for America?
The union was good for the workers. They would help each other.for an example Like they would work to achieve their goal of making the boss do what the people want. In the 1925 was a critical time for the labor movement and unions. Unions valued partners in winning the war. Union work for democracy and were very successful.the government was with the employers And declared to state laws the one child the labor to give ladys minimum wages.that was good for the women's and before they would work more harder then the men. The men were getting more money than the women by doing nothing.in the 1925 they get minimum wage so that was good for the women. So Labor was struggling for recognition in the 1920. During the ww1 labor won some wage gains by shortages and high product demands labor knew that they were falling again.In new england, workers textile worker and telephone operators went on strike 400000 coal miners 300000 steel workers were shot and killed. In matewan west virginia Many americans associated union activism. 1920 the owners of the companies want to give low wages as possible 1924 the wages were 23.43 per week. 1928 wages was 24.97. That means that 4 years with the same price. So after those 4 years they got 1.54 1 dollar and 54 cents That is only like 2 dollars In 1914 coronado coal was making them get low wages and two companies employ were killed because they were on strike. strick was an illegal take case they were restair trade. I think that was bad for the people that were people that worked there they can't work and thats why they killed them. They were out of a job.
Main Article Workers have continued to struggle
The assembly line helped to revolutionise
throughout the 1920’s. They have been worked
manufacturing techniques in the 1920’s. With this
over and over for hours on end. Consumers are
new way of making things the cost of production is
at their highest point, but there aren’t enough
now more efficient. Standardization led to more
supplies to fill their needs. This leads to hours
reliable products, lower costs and higher quality.
on hours of working at a time, ten hours a day,
The assembly line cut the amount of time it took to
six days a week. The workers working in
assemble a Model T from 12.5 hours to just 93
factories have no rest, no vacations. Even
minutes. Higher productivity means more profit,
though they are working hour after hour, they
some of which is often returned to workers through
aren’t getting paid the amount they want and
higher wages. The workers had both more money
need to be able to care for their families and
and more leisure time to buy products and enjoy
houses. Unions are getting shut down left and
them. Factory workers had to face long hours, poor
right.
working conditions, and job instability. During economic recessions many workers lost their jobs or Workers do have one thing going for
faced sharp pay cuts. Work was often monotonous
them, the quota system. This system, has kept
because workers performed one task over and over.
the immigrant numbers down so the workers
Working hours were long averaging at least ten
now a days don’t have to worry about the new
hours a day and six days a week for most workers.
immigrants coming in and taking their jobs.
Factory conditions were also poor and, in some
Many new immigrants would come over and
cases, deplorable.
work for a lower wage and worse working conditions because they were used to even
After WW1, the soldiers that survived were
worse from where they came from. Many
back in the United States with no jobs. When the
workers born in America complain about the
Republican presidents saw the lack of labor, they
workplace environment. It is filthy and unsafe.
knew they had to do something about it. The
Some are also very bored because of the new
presidents did many things to help these poor war
innovations such as the henry ford assembly
veterans they promoted disarmament which was the
line.
withdrawal of military forces and weapons, promoted deregulation which was the lowering of taxes and sales to create more jobs.
Bibliography
Brendan’s sourcesEmaze. “Industrial Revolution.” Emaze Presentations, 21 Feb. 2015, www.emaze.com/@AFRLLCW/Industrial-Revolution. Lindop, Edmund, and Margaret J. Goldstein. America in the 1920s. Twenty-First Century Books, 2010. O'Neal, Michael. America in the 1920s. Facts On File, 2006. “Working Conditions in Factories (Issue).” Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Encyclopedia.com, 2016, www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/working-condit ions-factories-issue.
Marek’s sources“Ford's Assembly Line Turns 100: How It Changed Manufacturing and Society.” Daily News, www.nydailynews.com/autos/ford-assembly-line-turns-100-changed-society-article-1.14 78331.
Ryan’s sourcesAmerica in the 20th Century. Marshall Cavendish, 2003. Carlisle, Rodney P. The Roaring Twenties. Feinstein, Stephen. The 1920s. Enslow Publishing, 2016. Miller, Karen A. J. Kresge Library, Oakland University, 12 Dec. 6ADAD, library.oakland.edu/events/history_dept/HistoryComesAlive/miller.htm.
Edwin’s sources-