The hours worked in the factories were long. Generally, the girls worked 11 to 13 hours a day, six days a week. ... In the next two decades, unions campaigned for a 10-hour working day and against child labor. ... In 1851, for example, New Jersey passed a law calling for a 10-hour working day in all factories. ...
The Social and Educational Reformation in New Lanark New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village in the valley of the River Clyde near the old town of Lanark, is famous internationally because of its pioneering management, and social and educational experiments led by the publicist, Robert Owe...
Introduction: During the time period from 1880 - 1924 there were many developments and organization going on in America. The most noticeable of the many was industrialization, immigration, progressivism, and imperialism. These four developments had both negative and positive effects on America and also related and affected each other in different ways. Industrialization created a big growth in business, immigration boosted due to many jobs that were available, progressivism worked to improve things in America and imperialism was the expansion of America onto l...
