LABOR in the Gilded Age [APUSH Review Unit 6 Topic 7] Period 6: 1865-1898

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In this video Heimler takes you through Unit 6 Topic 7 of the AP U.S. History curriculum which is set in period 6 (1865-1898).

The laboring class in the Gilded Age had a tortured relationship with the elite factory owners. Because of the massive wave of immigrants arriving in America, there was a large pool of potential workers who could fill jobs in industrial centers for low wages.

But eventually, labor unions like the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor were formed in order to fight for better wages and safer working conditions. The unions had some victories, but the Knights of Labor was essentially disbanded after their group was associate (wrongly) with a bombing in Chicago's Haymarket Square.

Unions used various tactics for bargaining like slowdowns and strikes. In this video we talk about two of the most notorious strikes: the Pullman Strike (under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs) and the Great Railroad Strike.

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This video is aligned with the AP U.S. History Curriculum and Exam Description for Unit 6 Topic 7, and all the key concepts thereunto appertaining.