During the late 19th century in America, working class individuals did not have much opportunity in searching for self definition. This was a time in American history where big businesses and industries were flourishing and dominated a big part of the economy including the roles of workers. Many of these working class individuals were treated very poorly by their employers by having to deal with terrible working conditions and miniscule pay. The influx of immigrants into American also occurring at the same time made these working class individuals very replaceable and therefore denouncing these individuals as being insignificant to the businesses and not having an identity. The working classes came together in various forms of groups and organizations
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Achieving these types of reforms in the workplace would definitely have been a huge step for working class individuals because they would have higher standpoint in American society where they would no longer be looked at as cogs who have to work terrible hours for terrible pay in terrible working conditions. One reason why the Knights of Labor were so popular was due to their inclusive nature. This stood out for many in a time where America was dominated by white male supremacy. Another reason the Knights of Labor stood out to the American public was their goals they wanted to achieve. Ending child labor and shorter work days were both things that would have heavily appealing to the average working class American at the time which is why the Knights of Labor were able to gain so many supporters. White or black, male or female, skilled or unskilled; the Knights of Labor may have been welcoming to a large group of people, but this strategy would prove to be their downfall in the future. In a time where capitalist and the industrialist had massive power over the workplace in America, any group who wanted to try and rearrange the capitalist workplace setting to be owned by the workers would have needed a really good reputation if they wanted any hope in appealing this type of reform to …show more content…
This rebuilding process in America was known as the Reconstruction Era. In order to prevent total corruption and have some physical leadway over the south, the Union had to set up governments in the South. For the first time in U.S history, we saw many African Americans take political positions and other facilities built for them such a public funded schooling system. Once the South was readmitted into the Union and the Compromise of 1877 occurred where the troops were withdrawn from the south, the Reconstruction plan came to an end. Now that the South was dominated by ex-Confederates and Democrats, they were able to develop black codes which put restrictions on African American 's freedom and made them obligated to work in bad conditions. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments which stated the abolishment of slavery, equal protection, and voting rights for African American males were all weakened by these black codes. The South was able to get away with these by indicating African Americans were given separate but equal facilities even though that were not not equal at all. Since the Republicans dominated a large part of the politics during Reconstruction, the South used violence in order to accomplish some of their goals. Groups such as the KKK founded in 1866 targeted competition such as Republicans and African American’s
Achieving these types of reforms in the workplace would definitely have been a huge step for working class individuals because they would have higher standpoint in American society where they would no longer be looked at as cogs who have to work terrible hours for terrible pay in terrible working conditions. One reason why the Knights of Labor were so popular was due to their inclusive nature. This stood out for many in a time where America was dominated by white male supremacy. Another reason the Knights of Labor stood out to the American public was their goals they wanted to achieve. Ending child labor and shorter work days were both things that would have heavily appealing to the average working class American at the time which is why the Knights of Labor were able to gain so many supporters. White or black, male or female, skilled or unskilled; the Knights of Labor may have been welcoming to a large group of people, but this strategy would prove to be their downfall in the future. In a time where capitalist and the industrialist had massive power over the workplace in America, any group who wanted to try and rearrange the capitalist workplace setting to be owned by the workers would have needed a really good reputation if they wanted any hope in appealing this type of reform to …show more content…
This rebuilding process in America was known as the Reconstruction Era. In order to prevent total corruption and have some physical leadway over the south, the Union had to set up governments in the South. For the first time in U.S history, we saw many African Americans take political positions and other facilities built for them such a public funded schooling system. Once the South was readmitted into the Union and the Compromise of 1877 occurred where the troops were withdrawn from the south, the Reconstruction plan came to an end. Now that the South was dominated by ex-Confederates and Democrats, they were able to develop black codes which put restrictions on African American 's freedom and made them obligated to work in bad conditions. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments which stated the abolishment of slavery, equal protection, and voting rights for African American males were all weakened by these black codes. The South was able to get away with these by indicating African Americans were given separate but equal facilities even though that were not not equal at all. Since the Republicans dominated a large part of the politics during Reconstruction, the South used violence in order to accomplish some of their goals. Groups such as the KKK founded in 1866 targeted competition such as Republicans and African American’s