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Working ConditionsAmerican Industry
1870-1900
Primary Sources
• What is a primary source?
Work Conditions• In 1895, the average income of an urban male worker was only
about $400 a year, a sum insufficient to support a family. The labor of their wives and children helped to supplement the household income. Children under the age of 16 contributed about 20 percent of the income. These children worked not because their parents were heartless, but because their earnings were absolutely essential for their family's well-being.
400200
132
Annual Income ($)
MenWomenChildren
Men
Women
Children
0 0.5 1 1.5
Hourly Wage ($)
Hourly Wage ($)
Photographs
• Please complete your charts using the photographs posted around the classroom
• There are FIVE in total• Be thorough in your responses and provide
detailed conclusions
Photographs
• Is safety equipment visible? • Is the worker working in isolation or not? • Is there protective equipment around the
machinery? • Is the worker old or young?
“Coal Miners”
“Breaker Boys
“Weavers”
“Seafood Processor”
“Steel Mill Workers”
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