Late 19th century America was a time of both prosperity and poverty. Although it is often remembered by the luxurious lives of those like the Rockefellers and Carnagies, the majority of the population was a struggling working class. Entire families worked for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week in dangerous, unsanitary factories just to have enough money for dinner and the issue of upgrading these working conditions quickly came to the forefront of American reforms. …showed first 75 words of 981 total…

…showed last 75 words of 981 total…of worker inferiority and the governments passive role all contributed to this movements lack of success. This period of time was simply an era of industrialism and it's roots were founded in advancing, not regressing. The high powered people of the time were moving forward too quickly and eventually, this phase did end. Eventually as the government began to take a role, organized labor gained power and respect and did accomplish many of its goals.