Reading6.1.2

= Read, Process, Post, & Discuss: 6.1.2 Labor's Response to Industrial Growth =


 * Read: **
 * "[|Farming in the West]", Chapter 17, Section 4, pages 595-599 of your [|textbook].
 * "[|Big Business and Organized Labor]", Chapter 18, Section 2, pages 614-619 of your [|textbook].
 * "[|The Crime of Poverty]" A great speech from 1885 by Henry George.


 * Process: **
 * 1) "Strength in numbers" is one of those phrases that you are likely to hear from some wise uncle or grandmother. However, in the context of your readings, this is a critical theme. How did farmers on the plains and workers in the cities find strength in numbers? Why was it necessary for them to need to do this?
 * 2) What obstacles did workers face? How were they treated? What was the general attitude toward unions?

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 * Post and Discuss: **
 * Written response to the reading is due on Thursday, October 7. Replies to two classmates' posts are due Tuesday, October 12.**

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