History of Labor in America The Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. ... Before long, immigrant women replaced the "Yankee" (American) farm girls. ... Labor in America faced a long, uphill struggle to win fair treatment. ... In colonial America, most manufacturing was done by hand in the home. ... To skilled craft workers, the Industrial Revolution meant degradation rather than progress. ...

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