Chapter 9 Evidence
-An 1884 Government Report pg. 291- "The work is dangerous... [they] are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press parts of the button together."
-A Pennsylvanian Newspaper, The Luzerne Union pg 292- "During the past week, nearly one boy a day has been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."
-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge pg 303- "bear most heavily upon the Italians, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Greeks, and Asiatics... races most effected by the test are those who[m] emigration has... swelled rapidly... and who are most alien to the great body of the United States."
-Jane Addams pg 308- "[T]he streets were inexpressibly dirty... the street lighting bad. ...houses have no water save the faucet in the back yard; there are no fire escapes..."
-Jacqueline Shaw Lowell pg 310- "[There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200,000 of them women, and 75,000 of those working under dreadful conditions.... If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have the paupers and the criminals.... It is better to save them before they go under than to spend your life.... taking care of them afterwards."
Statistics:
-pg 290- With the growth of industry, the number of factory workers rose from about 900,000 in 1860 to more than 3.2 million in 1890.
-pg 290- Work days of 10 to 14 hours were common. Although real wages- wages adjusted to for inflation- rose more than 10 percent between 1870 and 1900, the average income remained inadequate.
-pg 296 to 297- Membership in the knights soared from 100,000 in 1885 to 700,000 in less than a year.
-pg 298- Between 1890 and 1900, when other labor unions lost members, AFL membership rose from 190,000 to 500,000.
-pg 304- By 1852 there were some 25,000 Chinese men, women, and children living on the Pacific Coast and thereafter they came at a rate of 4,000 a year. By the end of the 1870's, there were almost 75,000
-Pennsylvania newspaper, the Luzerne Union reported "Nearly one voy a day has been killed." (292)
-"... bear most heavily upon the Italians, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Greeks, and Asiatics..."Senator Lodge (303)
-" The streets were inexpressibly dirty...the street lighting bad...many houses have no water save the faucet in the back yard; there are no fire escapes.." (309)
-"If you wish to be happy and independent, then come here," etoyr s German farmer from his new home in Missouri. (301)
-"There are five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200,000 of them women, and 75,000 of those working under dreadful conditions..." Jacqueline Shaw Lowell (310)
-... 20 persons were killed in Philadelphia, and , in another Pennsylvania city, Reading, 11 were killed. (294)
-At height of the strike, more than one-half of the freight on the nation's 76,000 miles of track had stopped running. (294)
-In 1840, 1 out of every 12 Americans lived in a city with a population of more than 8,000. (305)
-By 1898 approximately 350 communities had built publicly owned electric light companies, and by 1900 more than 3,500 public waterworks had been constructed nationwide.
-With the growth of industry the number of factory workers rose from about 900,000 in 1860 in 1860 to more than 3.2 million in 1890 (290)
-"The work is dangerous...[they] are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together."
-Pg. 291, An 1884 government report describing the conditions of women working.
-"[T]he streets were inexpressibly dirty... the street lighting bad."
-Pg. 308, Jane Addams
-"Many houses have no water save the faucet in the back year;there are no fire escapes"
-Pg. 308, Jane Addams
-"[There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200,000 of them women, and 75,000 of those working under dreadful conditions"
-Pg. 310, Jacqueline Shaw Lowell
-"During the past week, nearly one boy a day ha been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention is given them after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."
-Pg. 292, The Luzerne Union
Statistics-
-The three largest groups of the Old Immigrants where the Irish, the German, and the Chinese.
-Pg.300
-There was inadequate housing, a shortage of policemen and firefighters, the city waters was impure, sewers were clogged, and there was no open space.
-Pg.306
-factory working was unsafe because miners breathed coal dust and factory workers breath in saw dust
-Pg.291
-3,000 workers gathered to protest at the Haymarket Square Riot
-Pg.296
-In 1900 only 4 percent of American workers belonged to unions
-Pg.299
-workers rose from about 900,000 to more than 3.2 million 300
-real wages rose more than 10% between 1870 and 1900 Pg. 300
-1.5 million newcomers came to the US( between 1840 and 1850) Pg. 300
-philadelphia grew from 600,000 people to 1.3 million Pg. 305
-by 1900 1 of 3 people lived in a city Pg. 305
Quotes:
1. child labor...."this work is dangerous they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of buttons together"
2. " factory work was dangerous, miners breathed coal, factory workers breathed sawdust and other kinds of harmful dust"
3.“Perhaps no other factor was more responsible for the growth of America rather than industrialization
4." a flood of important inventions helped increase americas productive capacity"
5.“perhaps no other factor was more responsible for the growth of industry than the nation’s railroads.
5.
"the work is dangerous"
"they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together"
"Nearly one boy a day has been killed"
"The public has become so firmiliar with these calamities"
"No attention is given to them after the first announcement"
Statistics
1) about 900,000 in 1860 to more than 3.2. million in 1990
2)wages adjusted for inflation rose more than 10 percent between 1870 and 1900
3)averaging more than one third of a million a year between 1870 and 1900
4)Union membership dropped from more than 300,000 to 50,000
5)an additional 1.5 million newcomers journeyed to the United States.
(pg. 291) "During the past week, nearly one boy each day has been killed" -Government reporter in Boston
2. (pg. 292) "The work is dangerous [they] are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die." -Pennsyvannia Newspaper
3. (pg. 308) "The streets were inexpressibly dirty... the street lighting bad." -Jane Addams
4. (pg. 310) "If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have the paupers and the criminals." -Jaqueline Shaw Lowell
5. (pg. 294) "an insurrection, a revolution, an attempt of Communists and vagabonds to coerce society and endeavor to undermine American institutions." -Newspapers
1. (pg. 294) In 1877, wages were cut by 10%.
2. (pg. 297) In 1886, a group f 3,000 workers met to protest the shooting of striking McCormick Harvest Company.
3. (pg. 299) 4% of American workers belonged to unions in 1900.
4. (pg. 300) Nearly 400,000 immagrants had come to America beginning in 1850.
5. (pg. 300) Between 1884 and 1860, about 1.5 million Irish immigrated to America.
-page 308, Jane Addams
"The streets were inexpressibly dirty.. the street lighting bad.. Many house have no water save the faucet in the back yard; there are no fire escapes
-page 309, Calvert Vaux
"a great breathing space for the toiling mass"
-page 309, (ALA) American Library Association
"the best reading for the largest number at the least"
-page 309, (ALA) American Library Association
"no less important than the schoolhouse in the system of popular education"
- Page 304
"unload the sweepings of their jails and asylums"
Statistics
-page 304
In the 1870 were wear almost 75,000 chines in California
-page 300
the largest group of old immigrants were from Ireland, with 1.5 million
-page 305
In 1830 chicago was the most popuated state in the US with almost 2 million
-page 305
In 1840 1 out of every 12 people iun the US lived in over popuated citys
-page 305
In 1840 New York become the second lagest city in the world
-An 1884 Government Report pg. 291- "The work is dangerous... [they] are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press parts of the button together."
-A Pennsylvanian Newspaper, The Luzerne Union pg 292- "During the past week, nearly one boy a day has been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."
-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge pg 303- "bear most heavily upon the Italians, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Greeks, and Asiatics... races most effected by the test are those who[m] emigration has... swelled rapidly... and who are most alien to the great body of the United States."
-Jane Addams pg 308- "[T]he streets were inexpressibly dirty... the street lighting bad. ...houses have no water save the faucet in the back yard; there are no fire escapes..."
-Jacqueline Shaw Lowell pg 310- "[There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200,000 of them women, and 75,000 of those working under dreadful conditions.... If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have the paupers and the criminals.... It is better to save them before they go under than to spend your life.... taking care of them afterwards."
Statistics:
-pg 290- With the growth of industry, the number of factory workers rose from about 900,000 in 1860 to more than 3.2 million in 1890.
-pg 290- Work days of 10 to 14 hours were common. Although real wages- wages adjusted to for inflation- rose more than 10 percent between 1870 and 1900, the average income remained inadequate.
-pg 296 to 297- Membership in the knights soared from 100,000 in 1885 to 700,000 in less than a year.
-pg 298- Between 1890 and 1900, when other labor unions lost members, AFL membership rose from 190,000 to 500,000.
-pg 304- By 1852 there were some 25,000 Chinese men, women, and children living on the Pacific Coast and thereafter they came at a rate of 4,000 a year. By the end of the 1870's, there were almost 75,000
-Pennsylvania newspaper, the Luzerne Union reported "Nearly one voy a day has been killed." (292)
-"... bear most heavily upon the Italians, Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Greeks, and Asiatics..."Senator Lodge (303)
-" The streets were inexpressibly dirty...the street lighting bad...many houses have no water save the faucet in the back yard; there are no fire escapes.." (309)
-"If you wish to be happy and independent, then come here," etoyr s German farmer from his new home in Missouri. (301)
-"There are five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200,000 of them women, and 75,000 of those working under dreadful conditions..." Jacqueline Shaw Lowell (310)
-... 20 persons were killed in Philadelphia, and , in another Pennsylvania city, Reading, 11 were killed. (294)
-At height of the strike, more than one-half of the freight on the nation's 76,000 miles of track had stopped running. (294)
-In 1840, 1 out of every 12 Americans lived in a city with a population of more than 8,000. (305)
-By 1898 approximately 350 communities had built publicly owned electric light companies, and by 1900 more than 3,500 public waterworks had been constructed nationwide.
-With the growth of industry the number of factory workers rose from about 900,000 in 1860 in 1860 to more than 3.2 million in 1890 (290)
-"The work is dangerous...[they] are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together."
-Pg. 291, An 1884 government report describing the conditions of women working.
-"[T]he streets were inexpressibly dirty... the street lighting bad."
-Pg. 308, Jane Addams
-"Many houses have no water save the faucet in the back year;there are no fire escapes"
-Pg. 308, Jane Addams
-"[There are] five hundred thousand wage earners in this city, 200,000 of them women, and 75,000 of those working under dreadful conditions"
-Pg. 310, Jacqueline Shaw Lowell
-"During the past week, nearly one boy a day ha been killed, and the public has become so familiar with these calamities that no attention is given them after the first announcement through a newspaper or friend."
-Pg. 292, The Luzerne Union
Statistics-
-The three largest groups of the Old Immigrants where the Irish, the German, and the Chinese.
-Pg.300
-There was inadequate housing, a shortage of policemen and firefighters, the city waters was impure, sewers were clogged, and there was no open space.
-Pg.306
-factory working was unsafe because miners breathed coal dust and factory workers breath in saw dust
-Pg.291
-3,000 workers gathered to protest at the Haymarket Square Riot
-Pg.296
-In 1900 only 4 percent of American workers belonged to unions
-Pg.299
-workers rose from about 900,000 to more than 3.2 million 300
-real wages rose more than 10% between 1870 and 1900 Pg. 300
-1.5 million newcomers came to the US( between 1840 and 1850) Pg. 300
-philadelphia grew from 600,000 people to 1.3 million Pg. 305
-by 1900 1 of 3 people lived in a city Pg. 305
Quotes:
1. child labor...."this work is dangerous they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of buttons together"
2. " factory work was dangerous, miners breathed coal, factory workers breathed sawdust and other kinds of harmful dust"
3.“Perhaps no other factor was more responsible for the growth of America rather than industrialization
4." a flood of important inventions helped increase americas productive capacity"
5.“perhaps no other factor was more responsible for the growth of industry than the nation’s railroads.
5.
"the work is dangerous"
"they are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die when it comes down to press the parts of the buttons together"
"Nearly one boy a day has been killed"
"The public has become so firmiliar with these calamities"
"No attention is given to them after the first announcement"
Statistics
1) about 900,000 in 1860 to more than 3.2. million in 1990
2)wages adjusted for inflation rose more than 10 percent between 1870 and 1900
3)averaging more than one third of a million a year between 1870 and 1900
4)Union membership dropped from more than 300,000 to 50,000
5)an additional 1.5 million newcomers journeyed to the United States.
(pg. 291) "During the past week, nearly one boy each day has been killed" -Government reporter in Boston
2. (pg. 292) "The work is dangerous [they] are liable to get their fingers jammed under the bench, or caught in the die." -Pennsyvannia Newspaper
3. (pg. 308) "The streets were inexpressibly dirty... the street lighting bad." -Jane Addams
4. (pg. 310) "If the working people had all they ought to have, we should not have the paupers and the criminals." -Jaqueline Shaw Lowell
5. (pg. 294) "an insurrection, a revolution, an attempt of Communists and vagabonds to coerce society and endeavor to undermine American institutions." -Newspapers
1. (pg. 294) In 1877, wages were cut by 10%.
2. (pg. 297) In 1886, a group f 3,000 workers met to protest the shooting of striking McCormick Harvest Company.
3. (pg. 299) 4% of American workers belonged to unions in 1900.
4. (pg. 300) Nearly 400,000 immagrants had come to America beginning in 1850.
5. (pg. 300) Between 1884 and 1860, about 1.5 million Irish immigrated to America.
-page 308, Jane Addams
"The streets were inexpressibly dirty.. the street lighting bad.. Many house have no water save the faucet in the back yard; there are no fire escapes
-page 309, Calvert Vaux
"a great breathing space for the toiling mass"
-page 309, (ALA) American Library Association
"the best reading for the largest number at the least"
-page 309, (ALA) American Library Association
"no less important than the schoolhouse in the system of popular education"
- Page 304
"unload the sweepings of their jails and asylums"
Statistics
-page 304
In the 1870 were wear almost 75,000 chines in California
-page 300
the largest group of old immigrants were from Ireland, with 1.5 million
-page 305
In 1830 chicago was the most popuated state in the US with almost 2 million
-page 305
In 1840 1 out of every 12 people iun the US lived in over popuated citys
-page 305
In 1840 New York become the second lagest city in the world
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